Dr. Sylvia Earle

Today, look, space station men and women live together. Airplanes, you know, you fly. It's not a big deal. But it was a big deal then. So... They had to put together a women's team and actually had to find an engineer who was willing to come and be a part of this. The others involved applied the way I did, and they just patched us together irrespective of our compatibility.

Today, look, space station men and women live together. Airplanes, you know, you fly. It's not a big deal. But it was a big deal then. So... They had to put together a women's team and actually had to find an engineer who was willing to come and be a part of this. The others involved applied the way I did, and they just patched us together irrespective of our compatibility.

But, hey, you know, women get along.

But, hey, you know, women get along.

Yeah. Well, one of them, sadly, is gone. One is a coral scientist, and we stay in touch from time to time. Another became an environmental lawyer. She got her Ph.D. at Scripps in zoology, but then got her law degree. And the engineer, Peggy Lucas, lives in Hawaii, and we talk from time to time.

Yeah. Well, one of them, sadly, is gone. One is a coral scientist, and we stay in touch from time to time. Another became an environmental lawyer. She got her Ph.D. at Scripps in zoology, but then got her law degree. And the engineer, Peggy Lucas, lives in Hawaii, and we talk from time to time.

Yeah, so obviously didn't.

Yeah, so obviously didn't.

Well, as I say, I evidently didn't manage all that well. But my mom and dad were together for 61 years. It was a model I tried very hard to emulate. I mean, that's what I thought was what I should be doing.

Well, as I say, I evidently didn't manage all that well. But my mom and dad were together for 61 years. It was a model I tried very hard to emulate. I mean, that's what I thought was what I should be doing.

When I could, I took them with me to places. They'd been diving with dolphins and whales. I mean, it was almost a condition of either it was acceptable for them to go with me or... Usually not all three, although sometimes all three got to go with me. But I don't know.

When I could, I took them with me to places. They'd been diving with dolphins and whales. I mean, it was almost a condition of either it was acceptable for them to go with me or... Usually not all three, although sometimes all three got to go with me. But I don't know.

There's no recipe that I can tell anybody else or that I can learn except to say, well, Jeanne Clark, the so-called Lady and the Sharks, started the Cape Hays Murray Laboratory, now the Moat Murray Laboratory. She had four kids and somehow managed to run a marine lab and be a distinguished scientist. For some, it was just too much that they decided just to stay solo.

There's no recipe that I can tell anybody else or that I can learn except to say, well, Jeanne Clark, the so-called Lady and the Sharks, started the Cape Hays Murray Laboratory, now the Moat Murray Laboratory. She had four kids and somehow managed to run a marine lab and be a distinguished scientist. For some, it was just too much that they decided just to stay solo.

Some of the great women scientists, in order to be able to stay on point, they didn't have a partner who cooked and did the laundry and... and took care of you when you were sick.

Some of the great women scientists, in order to be able to stay on point, they didn't have a partner who cooked and did the laundry and... and took care of you when you were sick.

And they pulled speed ahead. They didn't have much time or take time for diversions. I mean, the history is full of such individuals who had to give up what many people think of as a normal relationship with family and kids. Did your parents help you with your kids? I was really lucky to have my parents... live nearby and take care of the kids.

And they pulled speed ahead. They didn't have much time or take time for diversions. I mean, the history is full of such individuals who had to give up what many people think of as a normal relationship with family and kids. Did your parents help you with your kids? I was really lucky to have my parents... live nearby and take care of the kids.

And during the project where I lived underwater, they actually came and stayed at the home in Los Angeles when I was off aquanauting.

And during the project where I lived underwater, they actually came and stayed at the home in Los Angeles when I was off aquanauting.