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(President) Kennedy didn't send us to space because it was neat, but to flex our technological muscles.

Donna Shirley

SpaceUS

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Nobody originally believed that a two-foot-long rover could actually move around on Mars at all, much less accomplish science, ... (But) there it was -- it did it.
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The pipeline is not staying full, ... Fifteen percent of NASA's technical staff today are women. The question is, what will it take to stay full?
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