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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 - 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]]