I think, historically, if, when we look back fifty years to this time, we won't remember the experiments that were performed, we won't remember the assembly that was done, we may barely remember any individuals. What we will know was that countries came together to do the first joint international project, and we will know that that was the seed that started us off to the moon and Mars. Because then, I know, when we're looking back from Mars, for example, it won't be just the United States, or it won't just be China or Russia: it will be an international mission. And it will have come out of the very fact that we're doing the International Space Station today. | A veteran of six space flights, Michael Foale has logged over 374 days in space including four space walks totaling 22 hours and 44 minutes. He served as a mission specialist on STS-45, STS-56, STS-63 and STS-103, was Flight Engineer 2 on Mir 23 and Mir 24 (ascent on STS-84 and return on STS-86), and served as Expedition-8 Commander on the International Space Station. Mike was born January 6, 1957, in Louth, England, but considers Cambridge, England, to be his hometown. 
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