Paddling is easy and photo ops are plenty.
When he toured Australia, leggy models leapt out of the surf to kiss him for a photo op. He was brave.
In a unique photo op, the departing crew will photograph Endeavour parked at the space station.
Lake made sure he and his aides stayed out of any photo op.
Recently, a transgender beauty queen even got a photo op with the prime minister.
The cast took the stage for a joint photo op in Hall H to wrap up days of studio panels that have taken place each day at Comic-Con in San Diego since Thursday morning.
There are technical hurdles that have to be cleared and NASA would need to extend Discovery's planned 11-day mission a day, but if the stars align it could be the photo op of the year.