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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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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
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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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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight.
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We need to make science cool again.
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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 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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I had both male and female heroes.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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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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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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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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The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.
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The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.
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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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