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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
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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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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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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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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 can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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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 rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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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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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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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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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 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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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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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 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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