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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.

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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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Sally Kristen Ride
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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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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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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 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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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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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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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 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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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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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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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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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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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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 space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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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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