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It is indeed rare that somebody would walk across to you and tell you to make a wish. When you make a wish, some times you know that it can be easily be fulfilled. For eg. if you make a wish to have a new pair of shoes for your birthday, it can be easily fulfilled. At times, when you make a wish like buying a new house, you know for sure it can be fulfilled though you may not know after how much time that will materialize. However, some people make a wish that most people will doubt whether it can be fulfilled at all or not.
As Stephen Covey once said “The best way to predict your future is to create it”. And that’s exactly what one girl did and today her list of accomplishments looks this:
Space Camp 7 times
Space Academy 3 times
Robotics Academy 1 time.
Winner of the “Right Stuff Award”
MIT for Sally Ride Camp,
3 Sally Ride Camps
Attended 3 Space Shuttle launches.
Attended engine test firings at Stennis.
Invited and attended International Space Camp at Space Camp Turkey in August 2012
Invited and attended Space Camp Canada in July 2013
First person to attend all three NASA Space Camps in the world.
Speaks Spanish, French, Chinese, English and some Turkish.
First person to complete the NASA Passport Program, going to all 14 NASA Visitor Centers in the US.
Ceremony for being the first at KSC on November 18, 2013 in connection with the MAVEN launch
Attended the MAVEN launch
Invited by NASA to be on the MER 10 panel in Washington DC to discuss the future missions to Mars in the 2030s on January 7, 2013, live on NASA TV.
February 14, 2013, I was honored to a full tour of Michoud seeing where the SLS rocket and capsule is being built to take me to Mars.
Examined the last external tank left in existence from the Shuttle.
Invited to speak at Tedx in Greece.
Multiple public speaking appearances to inspire kids of all ages and backgrounds to prepare and work toward their dream.
That’s quite a commendable resume indeed, ain’t it? Here is the sad part – she has still not achieved her wish. The so called “accomplishments” above was her preparatory work to make her wish happen in the future. When in future? In the year 2033, according to her plan. She definitely is following what Stephen Covey had said about predicting the future – Create it.
The remarkable aspect is she has achieved all these in the last nine years. How does that qualify to be remarkable? Well then, hold your breath…. she is just a 13 old year teen from Louisiana. Her name – Alyssa Carson. Her wish – To go where no one has ever been. To be the first human to visit Mars.
