Dr. Sally Ride, the first women in space, is now on another mission...making science education fun, especially for young girls.
The BBC News report says Dr. Sally Ride' particular focus is to get more girls to stick with science and pursue it as a career.
The National Science Foundation said women represent 46% of the workforce but only hold 25% of the jobs in science, engineering and technology. "I want to right this wrong and have made this the focus of my life at this stage," Dr Ride told BBC News.
"Females are 50% of the population and we cannot afford not to tap into that group of people to the fullest extent possible. "In this country we don't put the priority on math and science education and it's incredible because our society depends on it so much. We are not raising the next generation of scientists and engineers," said Dr Ride.
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