I think it's possible to do some sort or chat with astronauts of the shuttle today. There's so much to do on a shuttle mission, the crew just might not have enough time. We can already do interviews on the news. I've been interested in computers since I first took a short programming class in high school. I still like math and science, especially biology.
Computer Engineers can do a variety of things.
What I do here at Ames is design and develop software. When I was a little girl was wanted to be differnt things at various times when I grew up such as a house painter, a teacher, a psychologist or psychiatrist, and a lawyer. However, sometime during high school, I thought being an engineer would be a good thing to be. I don't really know. However, it wouldn't cost you any extra that your current ISP if you are allowed to communicate to the shuttle via the web or e-mail.