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Kalpana - The Woman... Of Many Parts A spiritual person Kalpana was a person of varied interests. She enjoyed nature in all its glory; she was an avid birdwatcher and was particularly fond of hiking and backpacking. In one of her several interviews addressing a younger audience, she had said (words to these effect): "don't go after the fleeting pleasures of life, go for more permanent things."
Her sense of wonder remained intact and child-like. She is known to have exclaimed during one of her space odysseys: "Just 90 minutes! Even though I had known that (that the spacecraft takes 90 minutes to circle the earth), it was an overpowering sensation to know how small this place is. How very fragile it is!" In fact, her space odysseys gave her a unique perspective of the earth and its environment and she always stressed on the importance of conserving it. Kalpana Chawla always made interesting observations about her surroundings, which reflected the depth of her personality. She would often look out of the spacecraft window and marvel at the earth. She would rave about how the Great Himalayas and the Ganges looked from out there. In an interview, she had said: "The coolest thing for me is the experience of floating, of not feeling any weight." When the spacecraft would come above India, she would excitedly point out and show them, "I lived there."
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