From Mammograms to Missions in Space
summary
Starts with migrant farm childhood and a classroom lesson that changes a family’s trajectory, then details a four‑year $6M program that builds the first full‑field digital mammography system, producing clearer images and credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Lists hard, countable steps taken to win NASA: 11 rejections, learned Russian, private pilot and advanced scuba certifications, accepted into the 2004 astronaut class and flies Space Shuttle Discovery on August 28, 2009 for a 14‑day mission that transfers seven tons and supports three spacewalks.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 21:39Growing Up with the Family
- 22:28The X-ray laser progam at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 23:50Innovation Creates Opportunities
- 29:59Water and Cold Weather Survival Training
- 30:26Wilderness Survival Training
- 44:09Coming Full Circle
- 45:22Reaching for the Stars Foundation
