Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. Im thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. – Laurel Clark
Were looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects. – Laurel Clark
Its such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space… were doing such exciting research. And I dont want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that were doing is extremely exciting. – Laurel Clark
The Navys paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland. – Laurel Clark