Zitat des Tages von Mae Jemison:
I believe the biggest impediment we have right now with going to Mars is public commitment. More people need to see themselves as a part of space travel; we need to see more inclusiveness.
Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.
I think we know how to do Mars.
Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.
Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.
As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
To survive as a species on this planet, we're going to have to see ourselves as Earthlings.
You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.
We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
I'd love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I'd also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system.
The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.
Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.
I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.
What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.
People put themselves in difficult situations in lots of different areas. What you count on is people taking every precaution. The aerospace industry is unique in this aspect because a thousandths-of-an-inch mistake can cause spectacular failures.
My perspective is the Earth will be here. It just may not be habitable to our life form. We get confused. We think we're the center of everything.
When I left NASA, I was looking at how you could use space technologies for developing countries' work.
Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.
Some people say they feel very small when they think about space. I felt more expansive, very connected to the universe.
A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.
In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
