I Was Always Drawn To Teachers Who

I Was Born In 1958, The Same Year Nasa Was Established, Which I Like To Think Of As Not A Coincidence. I Was 11 When They Landed On The Moon, Apollo Eleven. And, Of Course, Everybody In The Whole World Was Watching That. But I Can Tell You, At That Time, Nobody Ever Asked A Girl, 'is That Something You Want To Grow Up And Do?'

That's What We Want To Do Here At Johnson Space Center. I Think What We Have Always Brought To Nasa And Brought To The Country Is Trying To Push The Boundaries, Trying To Go To The Next Level.

We Are Involved In Technology Development For, You Know, Missions That We Hope To Plan That Would Take Us To An Asteroid And Eventually To Mars.

I Was Always Drawn To Teachers Who Made Class Interesting. In High School, I Enjoyed My American And English Literature Classes Because My Teachers, Jeanne Dorsey And Dani Barton, Created An Environment Where Interaction Was Important.

There Was A Lot Of Light And A Lot Of Rumbling And Vibration, Especially The First Minute Or Minute-and-a-half. And Then After About Two Minutes, When The Solid Rocket Boosters Separated, The Ride Got A Lot Smoother.