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2 CONTINUALLY ASK QUESTIONS LIKE: "HOW DOES THIS WORK? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? AND WHAT'S AROUND THAT CORNER?" THAT MEANS THEY'RE NATURAL SCIENTISTS, ENG. AND EXPLORERS. AND OF COURSE GIRLS ASK THESE Q AS OFTEN AS BOYS DO. I'D PARTICULARLY LIKE YO THANK WREI FOR INVITING THESE YOUND WOMEN IN THE FRONT ROWS [[?]] HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE IN - AND FASCINATION WITH - SCIENCE. I HOPE THAT THOSE OF YOU CLOSER TO MY AGE WON'T MIND IF I DIRECT SOME OF MY REMARKS TO THEM. ---- [[ARROW]] WHEN I WAS A GRAD STUDENT AT STANFORD - Ph D Phys -SITTING IN STANFORD CAFETERIA [[ARROW]] SAW ADD (LOWER RT.) - SAID NASA ACCEPTING APPL. -SAW AD, KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO DO W/ MY LIFE (RIPPED OUT AD...) COULD SAQ: BECAME AN ASTRO. BY RESPONDING TO AD [[ARROW]] THAT AD LED TO THE ADVENTURE OF LIFETIME A FEW YRS LATER, I WAS SITTING ON TOP OF ROCKET THUNDERING INTO SPACE. INCIDENTALLY, ASTROS OFTEN ASKED IF THEY'RE SCARED (LAUGH) I ONCE HEARS JOHN YOUNG [[UNDERLINED]] - DEAN OF ALL ASTRONAUTS - ANSWER [[?]] AND I'VE ADOPTED HIS ANSWER AS MY OWN. JOHN: GEMINI APOLLO STB-1. HE SAID "WHEN YOU'RE LYING ON YOUR BACK ON LAUNCH PAD, WAITING FOR ROCKET TO LIGHT..."