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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
Astrophysicist
Physicist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.
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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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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 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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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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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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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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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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