The most important steps that I followed were studying math and science in school. I was always interested in physics and astronomy and chemistry and I continued to study those subjects through high school and college on into graduate school. That's what prepared me for being an astronaut; it actually gave me the qualifications to be selected to be an astronaut.
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
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