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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
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Physicist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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I had both male and female heroes.
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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 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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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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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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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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 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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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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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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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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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