加载中…这可能激励你找到自己的腾飞机会
(2016-05-10 09:43:50)
内容来源：分享美国 地址链接：http://go.usa.gov/cudP5
你有过这样的经历吗?一位学校辅导员建议桑德拉·考夫曼(Sandra
Cauffman)不要选择电气工程专业，因为这“不太是适合女性的领域”。
桑德拉•考夫曼 (NASA)
考夫曼没有听取那个建议。事实上，她修了电气工程和物理双专业，走上了一条把她带到戈达德太空飞行中心（Goddard Space Flight Center）工作岗位的道路，并最终成为美国航空航天局(NASA)的一位技术项目管理。
早期动力
考夫曼在哥斯达黎加的圣何塞(San José)长大，在儿童时代她就对太空怀有梦想。她记得观看阿波罗11号(Apollo 11)登月的情景。1969年当她围在邻居的黑白电视机前时，仿佛科幻小说在眼前变成现实，她想成为其中的一分子。
虽然她家的日常生活有时候很困难，但这也成为考夫曼的一个动力来源。她说：“我们在办公室住了一年半的时间。我在浴缸里洗衣服，在浴室的洗手池里洗碗。”她的母亲做两份，有时甚至三份工作来养活全家。考夫曼说： “她从来没有放弃过，所以我怎么可能放弃？”
精彩旅程
在美国航空航天局工作期间，考夫曼开发了航天局一些最重要项目的技术。她的工作涉及气象卫星，哈勃太空望远镜(Hubble Space Telescope)和火星大气与挥发物演化（MAVEN）卫星。 （MAVEN沿着火星轨道运行，并收集其严酷环境的数据，为宇航员首次登陆做准备）。
考夫曼说：“到达火星将是一个神奇的旅行。”但要做到这一点还需要更多的科学研究——“我们仍有待研究出如何更快到达那里。”
如果你对当科学家跃跃欲试，而你的辅导员不支持你，考夫曼会对你说：“坚持你的理想。现在是二十一世纪！”
This might inspire you to find your own launch opportunities
Has something like this ever happened to you? A school counselor steered Sandra Cauffman away from electrical engineering, because it was “hardly a field for women.”
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Cauffman ignored that advice. In fact, she double majored — in
electrical engineering and physics — and started down a path that
brought her to a job at Goddard Space Flight Center and eventually
to where she is
Inspired from the start
Cauffman grew up in San José, Costa Rica, and she dreamed about
space as a child. She remembers watching the Apollo 11 moon
landing. Clustered around her neighbor’s black-and-white TV in
1969, she saw what seemed like
While everyday life was sometimes hard for her family, Cauffman
found inspiration there too. “We lived in an office for a year and
a half. I was washing clothes in the tub and dishes in the little
sink in the bathroom,” Cauffman
said.
An amazing trip
During her time at NASA, Cauffman has developed technology for some
of the agency’s
“Going to Mars will be an amazing trip,” Cauffman says. But more science is needed to make it happen — “we still need to figure out how to get there faster.”
If you are a budding scientist with an unsupportive counselor, “stick to your guns,” Cauffman says. “This is the 21st century!”
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