May 15th, 2007 - Female pilots reached for the stars - CNN.com
I’m so proud of my university (where I work). This past Saturday, we awarded 13 honorary doctorates during commencement: Female pilots reached for the stars. I got to hear 8 of them on a panel presentation the day before. I wish I had known about them back in junior high when I wanted to be an astronaut. (The dream faded after a couple years. I was under the impression–mistaken I believe now–that you had to be a pilot in the armed services. I decided I was a concientious objector so that was out; now I know that with my inner ear trouble and poor eyesight I would never have qualified to fly anyway. I’m not sure if it was true then, but it is now that you don’t have to be, only to pilot the shuttle I believe. All sorts of researchers go as well. Oh well! Maybe I’ll still get to Mars someday….)