I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts. — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt. — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
I try to tell the people that are sort of new here when they come in and do their flights and whatever, the things… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
Sometimes people here can get so focused on, Oh, I've got to get a flight, that it becomes the end all of everything. Then… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
You think America is the biggest place on Earth, but it's not. [The view from Mir] put everything in perspective. — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
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