I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be a Navy pilot. I majored in math because math had always come pretty easily to me and I liked it.
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It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.
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It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.
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