The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Doing the spacewalk to fix a solar panel at the furthest edge of the ISS. You have no idea if you are going to get a chance to do a spacewalk when you go into space. I was fortunate. There’s a real juxtaposition between floating, completely serene and calm, looking down at Earth and the universe, and being aware that you are in this hostile environment.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗
Over the last eight years I have been privileged to see 250,000 schoolkids across the world and tell them my story – a kid with dyslexia from a broken home becoming a space scientist – and inspire them to do something they dream about.
Bringing up my three sons.
Still doing what I love.
Being married for 17 years and having two amazing children.
Shyness. It really held me back when I was younger, and I wish it hadn’t. I do a better job of not being so shy these days.
Running out of options.
My happiest moments are when I am wild camping with my family in Scotland and cooking on a fire by a river.
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