Hitchin-born Dr Nicola Fox, 54, is barely the second lady to carry the submit for the reason that house company was based in 1958.
She advised Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs her father Eric, an engineer at Vauxhall, had adopted all of the NASA astronaut programmes.
She added: “It was necessary for him that ‘I knew the place I used to be’ when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. So clearly at eight months outdated, I had no thought however I do know the reminiscence. He got here and gave me a working commentary all through. He would usually say, ‘Simply think about what it will be wish to work for NASA’.”
But it surely was her financial institution employee mom Doreen who advised her “You may at all times do no matter you need so long as you’re employed arduous sufficient”.
Dr Fox stated: “She could not have dreamt of strolling on the moon.
“However she would make certain I had each alternative that she may present if I needed to stroll on the moon.”
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