Sally Ride ,quotes

I was always very interested ...

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

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We can see cities during the ...

We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.

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So I saw many planets, and th...

So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.

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The pressure suit helps if so...

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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No, I think most astronauts r...

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

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So most astronauts are astron...

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.

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Rocket science is tough, and ...

Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.

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I liked math - that was my fa...

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.

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Well, we spend an awful lot o...

Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.

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It takes a couple of years ju...

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

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Science is fun. Science is cu...

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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It's well known that many gir...

It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.

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On a standard space shuttle c...

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

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I've spent my whole life not ...

I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

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So most astronauts getting re...

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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NASA has to approve whatever ...

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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Once you are assigned to a fl...

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 ...

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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If they asked me if I wanted ...

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 whatever reason, I didn't...

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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