Leaps of Faith, or Not Knowing What's in the Next Fishbowl by Susan Kaye Quinn

I'ma risk taker, one of those crazy people that tries stuff that seems to terrifyothers. I think risk takers don't actually experience the same level of fear asmost (normal) people—plus the added adrenaline rush urges us on. I'm the girlwho decided at age 10 that I wanted to go into space, and being strapped to theequivalent of a 10 megaton bomb didn't really concern me. Because it was space—how could you not want that? Sure,it was an incredible amount of work, the chances of actually...