So one day when she read a newspaper story about Dr.Donna L.Shirley, the manager of the Mars Exploration Office at a nearby NASA center, she wrote to Dr.Shirley about her interest in becoming an astronaut.

• 有一天她在报纸上看到有关唐娜·L·薛莉博士的报道，薛莉博士是国家航空航天中心附近的火星探索局的主管。 于是她就给薛莉博士写信，谈到自己乐于成为一名宇航员。