American - Astronaut | October 17, 1956 -
I'd love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I'd also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system.
Mae Jemison
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The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.
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When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.
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My perspective is the Earth will be here. It just may not be habitable to our life form. We get confused. We think we're the center of everything.
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Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
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One Hundred Year Starship really is about the idea that is we pursue an extraordinary tomorrow; we'll build a better world today.
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There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.
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