2. Flights into space are never ever overbooked and you are never ever offloaded.
3. You always come away feeling that you are on top of things.
4. You get the simple message that we all belong to mother earth and not to any country, religion, region, caste or creed.
5. It is the ideal reality-check for all those who think that they are the centre of the universe. Our importance is reduced to insignificance in its vast embrace.
6. The team effort that enables you to go into space—although only a few go up, thousands have to work on the ground—is a constant reminder of what we can achieve if we stick together.
7. Because every minute spent in space has to be productive, there’s more documentation and monitoring in space to ensure every moment is well spent.
8. In space, the infinite is a stark reality while it is only a concept for those on earth.
9. No matter how busy you are or how hard you work in space, to a casual observer on earth you appear as though you are simply hanging around having a nice time.
10. Anything that goes up, stays up, whichever way you look at it.
11. Looking down upon earth from space is the only way we can understand what we are doing to the only planet we have.
