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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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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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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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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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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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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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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After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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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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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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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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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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