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ŅI'm Jennifer B. Price and I work as the
Group Lead for the Advanced Mission Planning

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Group in the Flight Planning Branch in the
Mission Operations Directorate here at NASA

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Johnson Space Center.

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When I was a kid growing up in small town
U.S.A., I got a kick out of watching science

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fiction shows.

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And then something wonderful happened.

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We went to the moon.

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I just really got inspired about working with
the space program and I was very fortunate

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to get an Air Force scholarship and then after
working in the Air Force for a time, I received

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the wonderful opportunity to come and work
at NASA Johnson Space Center.

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In the Advance Mission Planning Group, my
whole job is to do new things To take the

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expertise we've gained in working with the
Space Shuttle Program and in the International

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Space Station Program and develop it and figure
out how we're going to use this same expertise

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in future exploration.

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We're deciding on new ideas and new plans
and we're pushing the envelopes with anything

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we've ever done before and we're working with
other people throughout NASA who are also

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advancing ops concepts from the way we've
done it in the past.

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We actually speak with the astronauts on a
daily basis; we call these "Daily Planning

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Conferences."

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My job is working in building the plans that
the astronauts use to conduct their activity

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in space.

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There are only so many resources that they
have to use and we have to maximize accomplishing

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a bunch of requirements during this limited
amount of time.

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Ultimately it takes a team, the ground team;
all the system operators, all the vehicle

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operators working together with the astronauts
in order to have the successful mission.

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I encourage my children; I encourage anyone
to find your passion and then get skills in

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that area.

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Whether it's a 4 year college or even above
a 4 year college, or some other way to hone

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in on your skills, you need to develop training
for the thing you have passion in.

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And you need to find good mentors; good examples
to help you walk through whatever your interest

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is.

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There's a lot of innovation and technology
development that is in the process of being

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looked at as we explore concepts for beyond
the earth orbit.

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And anyone coming into the program now should
be ready to just bring your new ideas, bring