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Orbiting about 250 miles above Earth, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford spends his days working with a crew studying potential cures for osteoporosis. But he's longing for a golf range and a meal that doesn't come in a ready-to-eat package. <\/p>\n
Ford, currently the commander of the International Space Station's Expedition 34 six-person crew, spoke to several dozen St. Raphael Catholic School students Tuesday afternoon via a live video feed. <\/p>\n
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During the half-hour chat, students were able to watch Ford float around a portion of the space station as he answered their questions. Ford was only able to hear the students. <\/p>\n
\"(Floating in zero gravity) is pretty crazy. We get used to it after a while so it becomes very second nature for us to fly around and use handrails to guide us easily inside the space station,\" Ford said as he performed a variety of zero-gravity gymnastics. <\/p>\n
\"I think if I had to choose, I would rather have gravity instead of zero gravity,\" he said. \"It's fun for a while, but I'd rather live on Earth.\" <\/p>\n
Ford joined the space station in late October and is scheduled to return to Earth in mid-March. <\/p>\n
\"I'm conditioned enough now that I can stay up here as long as they need me to,\" he said. \"But I'm looking forward to coming home.\" <\/p>\n
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