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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

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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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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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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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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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 when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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