After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.
From Sally Ride
But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.
I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.
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