• Question: what was you greatest aceavement

    Asked by Hayden to Kirsty, Col Op, Charlie 🚀, Andrea on 22 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      I’m the only person my family with a advanced degree, and the only person (so far) to train for a PhD- so that is a pretty big acheivement.

      What am I most proud of- hmmm- flying to Australia on my own, despite the fact I was so scared I couldn’t sleep and I was so tired I cried on my host family when they came to pick me up. It was my first time travelling alone; before that I’d been known to get lost going into town on the bus, which was only 3 miles from my parents house! Now I’ve traveled lots of places- but that first time was a real challenge.

      Little achievements for me are just as important as the big things, even when no-one else notices or they think it’s a bit silly- as long as you know on the inside then it’s all good 🙂

    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 23 Jun 2016:

      I didn’t know you went to Oz Kirsty! Nice 🙂

      I’m the only Australian ever in history to work in ISS Flight Control.

      There’s no real space industry in Australia, so I knew for many years that I would have to move overseas to pursue my dream career in either the USA or Europe. I left to live in Italy as a 15year old all by myself where I have dual citizenship thanks to my grandparents. I know I’m not ever returning home, which is sad because Australia is ideal in almost everything except my atypical career aims, but working in the space industry was always my dream.

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