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9 replies on “The Precise Moment A Young Woman's Space Career Began”

  1. What an awesome moment to witness. Godspeed & good luck to her!

    One of our boys is at that stage in his career…but in Linguistics. And…at the moment he’s on a school trip to Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Heady days indeed.

  2. We are the lucky ones.

    This moment exemplifies ‘build it and they will come’ — if we provide a solid and dependable infrastructure, these fine young people will stand on our shoulders, moving us all forward.

    This great country of ours is heavily populated by kids like this. I am grateful.

  4. Such innocent enthusiasm. It’s refreshing to see. May it never be pounded out of her in the years to come.

    1. Agreed. They call my corner of the office “the bitter corner” because we’re not young anymore and can be a bit jaded at times. That said, it’s great when your group hires new people straight out of college. They’re still young enough and enthusiastic enough to tackle the tough problems that get thrown at them. And they aren’t limited to the same old “we’ve always done it that way” attitude that some of us “old timers” have.

    1. Some parents intentionally remain subdued while filming their children so as not to dominate the scene.

    2. That wasn’t my impression, but I could be wrong. Anyway, I’d say CU has an excellent aerospace engineering department (o.k., I’m a little biased, but 10th or 11th nationally, and I think most of the higher rated universities have more of an aero- and less of a -space emphasis.) But the tuition is pretty steep ($35k/year of an out of state student.) That is the sort of thing could dampen a parent’s enthusiasm.

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