It was a great experience. I am currently athe Director for the Flight Operations organization at Dryden Flight Research Center. I am responsible for about 170 people including pilots, engineers, mechanics and aviaonics technicians. I am the first woman at Dryden to be the Director for Flight operations. The airplanes that I fly in only got up to 85,000 feet or so.
Astronauts go out into space.
At 85,000 feet, the sky is very dark blue and you can see 'forever' It really is pretty. I won't be posting any astronaut-related questions. Actually for me it was fun - and not so hard. When I found out what options were available to me, I set my sights and when NASA people found out what I wanted, they invited me to try. In fact I have found that people like to help people who help themselves - no matter what your gender, race or religion.