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We need to make science cool again.

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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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NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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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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 can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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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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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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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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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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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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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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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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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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