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UCSD MED CTR (18/06)

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To quote sagan: it's suicidal for soc that depends on sci/tech to know nothing about sci/tech

sci & tech → engines that drive economy

→but kids in us aren't studying sci/math like they are in other countries

→they're our future!

Need technocally trained workforce, & its [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]]in our [[strikethrough]] our advantage [[/strikethrough]] interest to take adv, of all available talent - M & F

To set the stage, a little of my background

Stanford/ad → long story short, selected JSC → got in line
Turn: STS-7

Got to rocket into space → from standing start → 17,500 in 8 1/2 min

(exhil; mind-numbing; bone-rat)

Engines cut off → 5 mi/sec
around earth; weightless

most memorable = view

coral reefs    LA (+smog)
phytoplankton    deforestation in  Madagascar

→ beauty & fragility of out planet & our effect on it

I was 1st amer woman, now common

But women still under-rep in tech workforce 11%/20%