I came from Iowa, south central Iowa. It was a very rural area. I saw a lot more hogs growing up than I saw people.
Viewing the earth from above gives you this sense of how special the planet is that we live on.
My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.
Unfortunately, spaceflight takes a lot of time and money.
My parents are the hardest-working people I ever knew: they always worked every day, all day; they had to come up with the solutions to make things work. And I think that work ethic, maybe stubbornness, single-mindedness, definitely played a role for me. I'm definitely thankful for my roots.
I love Italian, Mexican, Thai. Something spicy.