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Sally Ride
American
Astronaut
Born:
May 26
,
1951
Died:
Jul 23
,
2012
Astronauts
Life
Science
Space
Time
You
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The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.
Sally Ride
Stars
Look
Bigger
Brighter
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.
Sally Ride
Science
Natural
Investigating
Delving
Coming
Method
Questions
Up
Curiosity
Process
Fun
Posing
I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!
Sally Ride
Life
Women
Walk
Girl
Important
Young
Every
Think
Point
Point Of View
Proud
Up
Model
Role
Role Model
Little
Young Women
Little Girls
View
Growing
Growing Up
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.
Sally Ride
Teacher
Me
Science
Girl
Parents
Encouragement
Whatever
Ran
Counselor
Never
Stereotype
Boy
Got
Lot
Friends
Did
Succumb
Reason
Who
Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.
Sally Ride
Life
Knowledge
Will
Universe
Back
Mars
About
Magical
Something
Pushing
Part
Almost
Studying
How
Continue
Began
Human
Frontiers
Being
Whether
Being Human
Certain
All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
Sally Ride
Experience
Scary
Adventures
New
Territory
New Territory
When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.
Sally Ride
You
Waiting
Space
Big
Launch
Ready
Sitting
Getting
Happen
Explosion
I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
Sally Ride
Space
Collect
Running
Hiking
Also
Lot
Stamps
Olympics
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.
Sally Ride
Me
Class
Women
Men
Those
Astronaut
Astronauts
Had
Came
Were
Very
Working
Used
Who
So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
Sally Ride
Before
Astronauts
Most
Couple
Years
Flight
Assigned
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
You
Suits
Pressure
Way
Astronauts
Parachute
Launch
Case
Emergency
Something
Wrong
Protect
Loss
Off
Goes
Helps
Shuttle
Suit
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
Sally Ride
Pilot
Space
Crew
Background
Astronauts
Test
Test Pilot
Commander
Space Shuttle
Standard
Shuttle
Two
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
Sally Ride
You
Astronauts
Some
Open
Almost
Like
Sort
Bedroom
Beds
Up
Close
Close-Up
Crawl
Little
Then
Sleep
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!
Sally Ride
You
Somebody
Be Careful
Easy
Something
Comfortable
Around
Very
Float
Floating
Careful
Sleep
It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
Sally Ride
Secret
Reluctant
No Secret
Name
Been
Use
Things
I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.
Sally Ride
Life
Made
My Life
Television
Memoirs
About
Written
Movie
You know, I go around the country a lot.
Sally Ride
You
Country
Know
Around
Go
Lot
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.
Sally Ride
People
Will
Think
Enterprise
Able
NASA
Private
Private Enterprise
Send
Suspect
Going
Orbit
Help
Initially
Eventually
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
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