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Asteroids are deep-space bodies orbiting the Sun, not the Earth, and traveling to one would mean sending humans into solar orbit for the very first time. Facing those challenges of radiation, navigation and life support on a months-long trip millions of miles from home would be a perfect learning journey before a Mars trip. Rusty Schweickart
Life Time Home Journey Challenges Learning Solar First Before Earth Sun Those Would Would-Be Mars Trip Facing Perfect Support First Time Very Sending Orbit Mean Bodies Miles Radiation Navigation Traveling Humans Millions
It is fantastic to think that one day we may be able to access fuel, materials and even water in space instead of digging deeper and deeper into our planet for what we need and then dragging it all up into orbit, against Earth's gravity. Rusty Schweickart
Day Water Space Think Digging Our Earth Our Planet One Day Able Instead Access Materials Up May Orbit Against Fuel Fantastic Then Planet Even Deeper Gravity Dragging Need
By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part. Rusty Schweickart
Life People Dangerous Amazing Responsibility Experiment Preserving Asteroid Our Strikes Earth Evolutionary Entire Preventing Take Part Human Human Beings Which Beings Even Species Millions Millions Of People Save
An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this is called extinction. Rusty Schweickart
Events Big Asteroid Earth Alive Destroy Percent Literally Mean Species Extinction
The frontier in space, embodied in the space colony, is one in which the interactions between humans and their environment is so much more sensitive and interactive and less tolerant of irresponsibility than it is on the whole surface of the Earth. Rusty Schweickart
Space Earth Embodied More Colony Environment Between Surface Than Frontier Irresponsibility Interactions Interactive Which Sensitive Much Less Tolerant Whole Humans
For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. Sally Ride
Time Women Long Long Time Society Way Enter Put Obstacles Sciences Wanted Who
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. Sally Ride
You Remember Space First Our Earth Finally Our Planet See Window Weightless Over Got Off Orbit Just Cut Planet View Engines Floating Seat Spectacular Shuttle Chance
Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. Sally Ride
Science Space Tough Rocket Science Way Failing Rocket Rockets
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. Sally Ride
Science Astronomy Favorite Physical Physical Science Liked Math Subject Very Interested
I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now. Sally Ride
Life People Not Talking Spent See Talking Should Whole Now Why Start
I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job. Sally Ride
Good People Good Job Job Important Honored Would Would-Be Knew Felt Very Closely Watching
The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming. Sally Ride
Women Think Way Had Coming Movement Paved
Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle. Sally Ride
Time Busy Our Spend Our Time Well Doing Lot Up Very Experiments Working Awful Awful Lot Shuttle
There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. Sally Ride
Woman Space First Enjoy Going Being Aspects
I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it. Sally Ride
Love People Space Half Other Would Someone Know Understand Go Discovered Explain Them Why Need
For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds. Sally Ride
Time Women Backgrounds Some Only Had Scientific NASA Quite Quite Some Time
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
Practice Though Launch Tries Simulate NASA Close Same Even
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
Time You Together Year Crew Once Trains Same Same Time Then Flight Whole Prepare Assigned
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. Sally Ride
Knowledge You Training Before Background Detailed Takes Mission Couple Go Years Get Just Your Need
Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit. Sally Ride
Space Robot Release Arm Mission Itself Orbit Then Used Satellite Shuttle
We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form. Sally Ride
Day Ocean Cities Hurricanes Sediment See Rivers Dump Form Watch Night
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program. Sally Ride
School Space High Very Junior Junior High Space Program Interested Even Elementary Elementary School Program
The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. Sally Ride
Time Dramatic Launch Most Because Anxious Just Just Because
I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. Sally Ride
Space Slept Upper Just Middle Space Shuttle Deck Flight Floating Shuttle
One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. Sally Ride
Space Else Everyone Everyone Else Astronaut One Thing Composure Share Office Thing
After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong. Sally Ride
Time Safety Space Accident Gone Had Put Wrong NASA Lot Fix Improve Space Shuttle After Challenger Things Shuttle
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