You Know, I Go Around The Country

It Takes A Couple Of Years Just To Get The Background And Knowledge That You Need Before You Can Go Into Detailed Training For Your Mission.

When You Can Feel That Close To Something You're Used To Seeing From This Great Distance, Well, It Changes A Person.

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.

Rocket Science Is Tough, And Rockets Have A Way Of Failing.

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