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[Neil Armstrong:] Ok, engine stop.
Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed.
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[Tara:] I get to be a part of an unprecedented microgravity laboratory,
a big super cool laboratory with all these different facilities
and these experiments they get to float.
It's the only place on Earth you can do experiments with gravity being gone.
[Cindy:] I get to train the astronauts that go to the space station
and I also get to work in Mission Control.
When you go to school to become an engineer you're taught to think critically,
you're taught to solve problems and you're taught
to think outside the box to get a job done.
And all of those skills I have to use here at my job on a daily basis.
[Allison:] When I was in Middle School, IT was not what it is today.
Not by a landslide.
We studied DOS.
(Laugh) In our sixth grade computer science classes.
[CJ:] I didn't really know about engineering or science, technology.
I didn't know about STEM fields.
I think Engineering is really solving problems.
Figuring out ways to solve problems.
Engineering is inventing and coming up with new ideas.
[Antja:] I would say that I loved math, I loved everything about math,
but I just couldn't see exactly how I would use math in my everyday life.
Once I, you know, grew up and got a job and it's actually one
of the foundations to what I do today.
We have to figure out what is the right amount of breathing air
to give an astronaut while they're in the spacesuit.
If we miscalculate or we do our math incorrectly then the astronaut will not get enough
breathing air.
[Kimberly:] There are days where my job is to go out and spend the entire day outside
in a field either holding a button so that
if the robot does something bad, I can make it stop.
Or testing out my software or helping other colleagues testing out their software.
So it's a great day when you actually get to spend your day outside testing things
out that you developed and they worked and everything was successful.
[Carlie:] It's such an exciting thing to think about, it's the idea of, of humans living
and breathing in an environment completely independent of Earth.
In someplace that's six months away.
[Tara:] Scientists these days are some of the most diverse people I've seen.
I think the old stereotype of the white lab coat and the, you know,
pocket protector and the glasses is probably out.
In fact, I know some pretty cool women with stiletto heels who are scientists
and I think they are, I think they're fantastic.
[Julie:] Right now we have the spacestation, we've been to the moon.
But we need to setup a base on the Moon; we need to setup a base on mars.
And so we always think ahead to the next step, even though we may not have people there yet,
we're trying to bridge that gap, to get us to those places.
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[Tejal:] As a woman, you can do anything you put your heart to, like don't let anyone limit you.
Don't let anyone hold you back.
You should always strive for everything that you want.
If you want something, go out there and get it.
Don't let anyone hold you back or anything hold you back.
You are someone and you are somebody who can make a big difference in this world.
You just have to go out there and do it.
[Carlie:] I also love the idea that I'm working on a human mission to Mars.
The work that I do will help put a human on another planet.
[Allison:] Technology can be intimidating, but what I can say is
that there's a technology for everybody.
There's something.
[Carly:] We're doing things that nobody's ever done before.
We're developing brand new things that have never before, you know two years ago,
didn't exist and we're making them better and making them into something we can actually use.
And that's really cool.
[Jennifer:] Just because it hasn't been done before, doesn't mean that it can't.
Just because there aren't more women sitting in that room doesn't mean that there never will be.
And that YOU have the power to change that.
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[Cindy:] Just take advantage of every opportunity that you can.
Make sure that you do what makes you happy and that you pick something
that you are truly interested in.
You just have to take a step back and look at the big picture and realize that at the end
of the day, you're working for something that's really great.
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