Quotes By Sally Ride
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.
Sally Ride
When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.
Sally Ride
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
Sally Ride
For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.
Sally Ride
It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
Sally Ride
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.
Sally Ride
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.
Sally Ride
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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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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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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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.
Sally Ride
Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.
Sally Ride