He chooses to, in the pursuit of a more civil discourse in our public space, he chooses to try to practice that civility himself.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

This is a best-practice time-limit adopted by the world's space agencies for the removal of their equipment from orbit once it has completed its mission.

BBC: Space debris collisions expected to rise

Now Major Peake, as he waits to be assigned a space mission, is in an ongoing programme of spacesuit training, zero-g flights to "practice weightlessness" and 12-day stints 20m (65ft) under water to research "crew behaviour for long-duration missions".

BBC: Major Tim Peake says he is not too old to go into space

He was so admiring and covetous of the gifts of those who could produce the transforming miracle of space and structure that he went back to school to get his architecture degree, setting up his practice with a series of experienced and ever-changing partners.

WSJ: Philip Johnson: Short of Attention Span, Long on Aesthetics

In practice, an animal that roams hundreds of miles in the wild can find itself contained in a space no bigger than a living room.

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