The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.