Astrophysicist/Engineer I like the challenge of discovering new things. It's both fun and frustrating, exciting and irritating to figure out how to make a computerprogram do what you want, and to analyze data and find out something you didn't know before.
Jaime Dyk
Jaime Dyk was forced to choose between joining a prestigious professional cheerleading squad or a career in space science. She chose NASA and is now building robots to go to work on Mars.
Kim Weaver
Infrared Astronomer A car accident caused Kim Weaver to miss the Apollo 11 Moon landing. She vowed from her hospital bed to work for NASA. Now she's exploring the cosmos as part of the Spitzer Space telecscope mission.
