What made you want to be a scientist? – I'm a Scientist 2024/25

Question: What made you want to be a scientist?
- Keywords:
  career,
  job,
  scientist
Asked by faux520auks on 13 Mar 2025. This question was also asked by went520auks, edge520abas, next520oars, care520mast, agee520stop, went520stop.
- Luke Fountain answered on 13 Mar 2025:
  
  I’ve always wanted to be a scientist, since I first visited Kennedy Space Center in 2001. I decided I wanted to work at NASA, and to do that I would become a scientist. Fast-forward 24 years, and here I am!

Question: What made you want to be a scientist?