When astronaut and Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg talks about space, you can't avoid being carried aloft in the slipstream of her lifelong passion.
Her enthusiasm is infectious, inspiring and perfectly suited to her earthly mission - spreading the word among Australia's young people not just about the value of careers in our space industry and of studying science, technology, engineering and maths, or STEM, but also of finding a dream and pursuing it.
