"There is still a lot of firsts to do and hopefully we will run out of those firsts pretty quickly because it is certainly my desire that one of the legacies that I would certainly like to leave behind is bringing in more African-American astronauts."

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So it is my promise to you and it is the huge staff's promise to you that we will absolutely get you through this course and you will have a good time doing so.

所以我对你们承诺，也是所有教员的承诺：,你们绝对能够通过这门课程,并且在课程中度过一个愉快的时光。

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Now, this looks like a very innocuous thing, but you will find out,it is the only thing that really gets my back up. Most of the time I don't really care.

我知道这也许比较令人难以接受,但是这是我唯一的小小的要求,大部分时候我还是很随和的

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