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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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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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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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I had both male and female heroes.
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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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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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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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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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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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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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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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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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