Planning to help him along? As far as Emily goes, we just keep exposing her to science. She really loved "Space Shuttle: Take it Apart" by Chris Oxlade. We have GOT to get those two together. And Tim and I have yet to meet Cynthia (or Elizabeth or Arthur).
Because Emily is a girl, I am going to look for a special spatial orientation class for her when she's a high schooler. There have been tests that show that the kind of spatial orientation that boys seem to have and girls (in general) don't, can be *taught*. If it is taught, girls score just as well in engineering, drafting, all those other freshman engineering classes. If it isn't taught, they don't.
Visualize docking one spacecraft with another. Spatial orientation is important. Tim has to know a fair amount of orbital mechanics in his job, Suzi needs to know more.
Anyway, it's a tool that doesn't take that much time to acquire and probably doesn't require maintenance (at least for the first ten years of a career).
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Date: 2007-09-19 03:55 pm (UTC)Astronaut children
Date: 2007-09-19 04:02 pm (UTC)We have GOT to get those two together. And Tim and I have yet to meet Cynthia (or Elizabeth or Arthur).
Re: Astronaut children
Date: 2007-09-19 04:24 pm (UTC)Yeah, about the same here.
:-) Would be nice to see you guys again.
Girls and engineering
Date: 2007-09-19 04:49 pm (UTC)Re: Girls and engineering
Date: 2007-09-19 05:09 pm (UTC)Re: Girls and engineering
Date: 2007-09-19 09:51 pm (UTC)Anyway, it's a tool that doesn't take that much time to acquire and probably doesn't require maintenance (at least for the first ten years of a career).