Ellen Ochoa Quotes

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• What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate…
• A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities,…
• I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they’re passionate about, something that’s challenging and…
• Don't be afraid to reach for the stars
• Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing…
• Education is what allows you to stand out
• I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and…
• Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.
• I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.
• I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.
• I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps…
• I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne…
• I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest…
• It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.
• That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country…
• There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes,…
• We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success - many pathways to do that.…
• We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to…
• Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the attention…
• I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

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