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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.
Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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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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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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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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I had both male and female heroes.
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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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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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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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