@uncertainquark Thanks for asking! I got into space in elementary school from some science lessons and then doing some book reporting. I was introduced to the planetarium director at the local community college to do some interviews (it was a education demonstration project with the school district). And there was this one book in the library I must have checked out a dozen times. I can still picture the cover.
My spouse works for a telecommunication satellite company. She’s literally done rocket science 😎 and orbital mechanics and all kinds of cool as heck stuff. She’s currently doing software simulation of the onboard systems.