Well, With So Many Space Shuttle Missions

I Realized How Important It Was To Know Something About Aviation, And It Was Something I Was Interested In, So I Followed My Brother's Footsteps And Obtained My Pilot's License.

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.

Well, With So Many Space Shuttle Missions That We've Done, I Think It's Just Sort Of Natural That Each One Hasn't Necessarily Gotten The Attention That The Early Ones Did.

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?'