The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.

It's too bad our society isn't further along.

I love the John Glenn model... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.