运输官员梅丽莎·科尔曼
“Don’t let the NASA emblem scare you away.
“I was very intimidated by it because it was a childhood dream [to make it to NASA]. I saw a picture of me at Kennedy Space [Center’s] visitor center the last time I went home. I must have been five years old. I always used to tell myself that I wasn’t smart enough. a literal rocket scientist, and I have absolutely no STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] degree whatsoever.
“So my advice is, as long as you’re true to who you are, you’re transparent, you’re yourself, and you put the work in, you will get what you want.
“And make them tell you no — that was one of the first things I learned. If you don’t ask and you don’t apply, you have your answer. So make them tell you no. If you don’t ask, you’ll never know.
“And don’t be intimidated or influenced by an emblem or your perception of what kind of people are behind that emblem. Because now I realize, once I’ve made it to NASA, that it’s nothing like I thought it was. In a lot of ways, it’s better, right? Because I get these opportunities to do things that are not in my primary role to serve others, and in that capacity, it’s serving me. That’s my advice.”
— Melissa Coleman, Transportation Officer, Logistics Branch, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Image Credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Interviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos
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“不要让NASA的标志吓到你。
“我非常害怕它，因为[进入美国国家航空航天局]是我儿时的梦想。上次回家时，我在肯尼迪航天中心的游客中心看到了一张我的照片。当时我应该只有五岁。我总是告诉自己，我不够聪明。[我认为你需要成为]一名真正的火箭科学家，而我完全没有任何STEM[科学、技术、工程和数学]学位。
“所以我的建议是，只要你保持真实，坦诚，做自己，并且努力工作，你就会得到你想要的。
“让他们告诉你不行——那是我最早学到的一件事。如果你不问，不申请，你就已经得到了答案。所以让他们告诉你不行。如果你不问，你永远不会知道。
“不要被标志或你对那个标志背后的人的看法所吓到或影响。因为现在我意识到，一旦我进入NASA，它并不像我想象的那样。在很多方面，它更好，对吧？因为我有机会做一些不属于我的主要职责的事情，为别人服务，在这个角色中，它也在为我服务。这就是我的建议。”
——梅丽莎·科尔曼，美国宇航局肯尼迪航天中心后勤部门运输官员
图片来源: NASA/Cory Huston
采访者: NASA/Thalia Patrinos