My Background Is In Physics, So I

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.

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.

Nasa Has To Approve Whatever We Wear, So There Are Clothes To Choose From, Like Space Shorts - We Wear Those A Lot - And Nasa T-shirts.

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

Even Though Nasa Tries To Simulate Launch, And We Practice In Simulators, It's Not The Same - It's Not Even Close To The Same.