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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.
Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young girls that are growing up today can see that women can be astronauts too. There have actually been a lot of women, who are astronauts, that that's a career that's open to them.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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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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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.
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If they asked me if I wanted to go into space tomorrow, I'd do it in a heartbeat. On the other hand, if they asked me if I wanted to go into training for three years and then go into space again, I'd probably say no.
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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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I had both male and female heroes.
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After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.
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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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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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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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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
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