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(2) (3)
(COME BACK TO THAT LATER)
KIDS TODAY HAVE GOT THE INTEREST, BUT OUR SOCIETY + OUR SCHOOLS SQUELCH THAT INTEREST (IN FAR TOO MANY KIDS)

I HAD PARENTS - ENCOURAGED
WENT TO ALL-GIRLS H.S. (EXPECTED GIRLS WOULD TAKE + DO WELL IN SCi)
2 TEACHERS --> SELF-CONFIDENCE

STANFORD: AD/ 35/6 (circled) DADDY

MOVED TO HOU, GOT IN LINE, 
TURN CAME ON STS-7
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GOT TO ROCKET INTO SPACE --> FROM STANDING START
-> 17, 500 MPH in 8 1/2 MIN
-> An exhilarating, mind-numbing, bone-rattling 81/2 min!
WHEN ENGINES CUT OFF, WEIGHTLESS,
5mi/sec; 90 min
MOST SPECTACULAR PART IS VIEW OF EARTH
SF BAY
SNOW OVER SIERRAS CRYSTAL BLUE LAKE TAHOE
SMOG OVER LA
CORAL REEFS OF AUSTRALIA
DEFORESTATION IN MADAGASCAR
BREATH-TAKING VIEW, + ONE THAT BROUGHT HOME THE FRAGILITY OF OUR PLANET

I WAS 1ST AMERICAN WOMAN... NOW IT'S COMMON...
~25%/ALL FLTS -> 2 ON NEXT --> EILEEN COLLINS

BUT -> (TO GET BACK TO SCI/MATH ED)... LOOK AROUND, WOMEN UNDER-REP --> 
PARTICULAR ASPECT [[erased]]