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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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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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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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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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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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