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I had both male and female heroes.

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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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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 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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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We need to make science cool again.
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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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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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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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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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I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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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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