Five years Quote by Allison Schroeder

I'm a very amateur scientist. For me, it started with the Mercury space program and onward to the moon landing in my impressionable adolescent…

— Geoffrey Rush

My dad worked at NASA his whole career; he's a research scientist.

— Margot Lee Shetterly

When I became an astronaut, I was an engineer.

— Julie Payette

I was a science fiction geek from an early age, enthralled by the questions of life in the universe. As I got older, I…

— David Grinspoon

I used to work at NASA in Virginia. It was nothing glamorous; I was just tasked with making code compile for obscure projects, and…

— Randall Munroe

I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about…

— Laurel Clark

When I got to college, I discovered how many incredible opportunities NASA offered students pursuing a career in the space industry.

— Emily Calandrelli

I'm an engineer. I studied physics and engineering. In fact, in 1978 I started working as an aerospace engineer with General Dynamics. I used…

— Edwin Moses

I studied physics as an undergraduate, and after I graduated from Rice University, I was actually hired at the Johnson Space Center as a…

— Shannon Walker

For long-duration exploration missions, NASA is looking for folks with a lot of operational, hands-on experience, people who have been in field-type situations such…

— Kathleen Rubins

Most of my family and friends are very familiar with the human space flight program and with the excitement of becoming an astronaut.

— Shannon Walker

I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series was on television,…

— Alastair Reynolds