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Sally Ride
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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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Sally Kristen Ride
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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 did not come to NASA to make history.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.
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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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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 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 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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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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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.
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We need to make science cool again.
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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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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 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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