No, I Think Most Astronauts

I Never Went Into Physics Or The Astronaut Corps To Become A Role Model. But After My First Flight, It Became Clear To Me That I Was One. And I Began To Understand The Importance Of That To People. Young Girls Need To See Role Models In Whatever Careers They May Choose, Just So They Can Picture Themselves Doing Those Jobs Someday. You Can't Be What You Can't See.

So I Saw Many Planets, And They Looked Just A Little Bit Brighter Than They Do From Earth.

All Adventures, Especially Into New Territory, Are Scary.

I Didn't Really Decide That I Wanted To Be An Astronaut For Sure Until The End Of College.

For A Long Time, Society Put Obstacles In The Way Of Women Who Wanted To Enter The Sciences.