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[i]This is the first time that a professional astronaut has been in the right seat with a non-professional on the left. If you know anything about Soyuz, you know that the commander is in the center, the pilot is on the left side and usually the space tourist is on the right. But because of — well, for reasons I'm not exactly sure — we had to keep this complement, perhaps because there wasn't much time to train me on the left seat. So what that means is there's a lot of credit due to Marina for the job that she has to do. I don't know that she's trained as a full fledged left seater, but her work ethic is really noteworthy. She's a flight attendant. That's her day job and, as you know, flight attendants don't just serve drinks. They're primarily responsible for our personal safety on board the aircraft and so she's no stranger to emergency situations and what to do and how to stay calm during them. She's demonstrated that in our sims and our training together, especially those that involve putting masks on our heads and changing from one suit to another, so she really been a delight to work with. She's really stepped up to whatever role she's been assigned and what she lacks in experience as a cosmonaut she makes up for with a great attitude.[/i]
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