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Weightless is a great equalizer.

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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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We need to make science cool again.
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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 rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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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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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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 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 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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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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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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