From that moment on, anything related to the sky, stars, or space made my heart race. I didn’ t know the steps. I didn’ t know the jobs. I just knew I wanted to explore places no one had been before and do things that were hard.
Growing up, the people who worked on rockets always seemed impossibly smart, like they knew exactly what they were doing all the time. I’ m 21 now, and I’ ve worked at those places. Let me tell you a secret: they don’ t. I promise you, no one fully knows what he or she is doing. Rocket scientists are not magical beings. They blow things up until it starts working. I’ m serious. They test things; they fail, they fix them, and keep trying until one day, it works. That is engineering.
So if someone ever tells you that you are not smart enough for space, or that it is not realistic, please don’ t listen. Space doesn’ t need one type of person. It needs everyone.
Yes, it needs engineers and scientists. But it also needs designers, business leaders, policy writers, diplomats, lawyers, artists, storytellers, and fashion designers( who do you think sews spacesuits?) There is a place for you, even if you don’ t know where yet.
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