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I have no fear of dying in space, none! In contrast, the thought of drowning terrifies me as does that of falling from a great height.

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Related tangent: philosopher / author Milan Kundera once wrote,

> "Vertigo is something other than the fear of falling; it is the desire to fall -- against which, terrified, we defend ourselves."

That's from memory (over 20 years ago) but I think I got it right.

True, when you stand at a cliff and look down, you feel the urge to step forward, my theory as a climber is:

Your eyes tell you it's flat so you can step forward...but your sense of balance tell's you something different..brain is confused, you never have that feeling when your IN the wall.

We had astronauts who had to interrupt an EVA because they had a water leak in their suit and it was pooling in their helmet. That thought absolutely terrifies me. You have plenty of air, it's just that there is a silly blob of few centiliters of water around your nose, and you can't wave it away because your helmet is in the way.

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