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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
Astrophysicist
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LA
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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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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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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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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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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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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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I had both male and female heroes.
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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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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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 can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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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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