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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
Astrophysicist
Physicist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Dr Sally Kristen Ride
Sally Ride- Hawley
Sally Kristen Ride
Shuttle
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Upper
Floating
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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.
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I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
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I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
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I think maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.
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I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.
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Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.
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It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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