NASA’s Lone Female Commander, a Roller-Coaster Phobic, Will Bring Space Shuttle Back to Life

By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press
Published: Apr 30, 2005

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - Eileen Collins, commander of the next space shuttle mission, is eager to strap herself into a rocketship loaded with explosive fuel and fearlessly shoot from zero to 1,000 mph in a minute flat.

Just don’t ask her to get on a roller coaster.

Collins will preside over NASA’s nail-biting return to space more than two years after the Columbia tragedy. Known for being cool and calm, Collins already handled one of NASA’s most perilous launches ever, in 1999. She doesn’t have the stomach for riding a roller coaster. “Maybe a psychologist can go figure it out,” she says with a smile.

Just goes to show you never really can fully understand the inner workings of the human mind.

Source: TBO.com via Fark