It Takes A Few Years To Prepare

The Astronauts Who Came In With Me In My Astronaut Class - My Class Had 29 Men And 6 Women - Those Men Were All Very Used To Working With Women.

I Felt Very Honored, And I Knew That People Would Be Watching Very Closely, And I Felt It Was Very, Very Important That I Do A Good Job.

It Takes A Few Years To Prepare For A Space Mission.

Yes, I Did Feel A Special Responsibility To Be The First American Woman In Space.

If We Want Scientists And Engineers In The Future, We Should Be Cultivating The Girls As Much As The Boys.