Dr. Kelsey Young

I mean, if just to get, you know, a little deep for a second, you know, I think it's really hard traveling so much.

I mean, I travel just an absolute ton for work and it's hard to be away from kids, especially at that age, as I'm sure many of your listeners can appreciate.

But I just really hope and I believe that, you know, when they get a little older and understand the impact, they'll understand, you know, why and that I did so to, you know, prioritize them and also show them, you know,

what I do and show its importance and show, you know, frankly, you know, women in science and engineering fields going out and, you know, pursuing something that I really believe in.

Yeah, it's hard, but it's definitely worth it.

I was way too busy before the mission to even think about just like the day-to-day and how it would reach the public.

I mean, one of the main reasons I do this is to inspire the next generation.

But I'll be honest, like the reception that we have gotten

like far exceeded even my wildest imaginations like the number of messages that both me and and um you know people across the mission have gotten of not just the astronauts but but having kids at home see people supporting the mission on the ground like engineering flight control science and having kids be excited about that like not just being the person going and doing it but the person supporting the mission that's going to be i think the biggest thing i take out of this experience