QUESTION:
For Charles Whetsel: I would like to know why you picked your job that 
you did instead of another job?

ANSWER from Charles Whetsel on November 20, 1996:
When I first went to college, I knew I wanted to do engineering work 
for a living because I liked to solve problems, and I liked working 
with math and science. I thought that aerospace engineering would 
be exciting, and it turns out that I was right! College was a lot of 
hard work, and I wasn't sure whether or not I would end up getting
a job with NASA, but I did. I enjoy my job, although living here in
Los Angeles is a lot different than where I grew up in Tennessee!

Sincerely,
Charles Whetsel
Mars Surveyor Flight Operations