"I don’t recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college." ― Ellen Ochoa Topic(s): Science More From Ellen Ochoa "I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it’s not just for a select group of people." "I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out." "We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars." More In Science "It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it’s energy. It’s the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see."― Josef Albers "Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular."― Judy Biggert "The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief… that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart."― Walter Lippmann