So I Decided On Science When I

Suppose You Came Across A Woman Lying On The Street With An Elephant Sitting On Her Chest. You Notice She Is Short Of Breath. Shortness Of Breath Can Be A Symptom Of Heart Problems. In Her Case, The Much More Likely Cause Is The Elephant On Her Chest. For A Long Time, Society Put Obstacles In The Way Of Women Who Wanted To Enter The Sciences. That Is The Elephant. Until The Playing Field Has Veen Leveled And Lingering Stereotypes Are Gone, You Can't Even Ask The Question.

The Experience Of Being In Space Didn't Change My Perspective Of Myself Or Of The Planet Or Of Life. I Had No Spiritual Experience.

Science Is Fun. Science Is Curiosity. We All Have Natural Curiosity. Science Is A Process Of Investigating. It's Posing Questions And Coming Up With A Method. It's Delving In.

The Most Important Steps That I Followed Were Studying Math And Science In School. I Was Always Interested In Physics And Astronomy And Chemistry And I Continued To Study Those Subjects Through High School And College On Into Graduate School. That's What Prepared Me For Being An Astronaut; It Actually Gave Me The Qualifications To Be Selected To Be An Astronaut.

One Thing I Probably Share With Everyone Else In The Astronaut Office Is Composure.