honored a trailblazing citizen down main street. last month, wally funk defiedavo space, living out a dream more than six decades in the making. she shared the inside story with her friend and ours, doug dunbar, of the cbs station ktvt in dallas-fort worth. congratulations. i hope you re jumping for joy. reporter: the letters and cards being sent to america s newest space hero haven t stopped. there are all these letters. they re all written to they re all written to me. no phone number. i can t call back. reporter: would you call them back? sure, the ones that have, you bet! thank you very much for your card! reporter: in selecting funk, amazon founder jeff bezos chose an aviation legend who has taught over 3,000 people to fly, first-ever female inspector for the f.a.a. and the n.t.s.b., and an original member of the mercury 13, a group of women in the 1960s, who completed the same astronaut testing as the men.