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Sally Ride quotes: The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

Sally Ride quotes: It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.

It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.

Sally Ride quotes: I love the John Glenn model ... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.

I love the John Glenn model ... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.

Sally Ride quotes: I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.

Sally Ride quotes: There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.

Sally Ride quotes: It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

Sally Ride quotes: So I decided on science when I was in college.

So I decided on science when I was in college.

Sally Ride quotes: We need to make science cool again.

We need to make science cool again.

Sally Ride quotes: All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

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

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

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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 quotes: For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

Sally Ride quotes: You know, I go around the country a lot.

You know, I go around the country a lot.

Sally Ride quotes: But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

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

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

Sally Ride quotes: Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.

Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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.

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Sally Ride quotes: The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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.

Sally Ride quotes: Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!

Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!

Sally Ride quotes: So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.

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

Sally Ride quotes: Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.

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

Sally Ride quotes: Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

Sally Ride quotes: I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

Sally Ride quotes: I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.

I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.

Sally Ride quotes: One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.

One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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 quotes: When you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person.

When you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person.

Sally Ride quotes: 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!

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 quotes: The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.

The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.

Sally Ride quotes: I don't have any nicknames.

I don't have any nicknames.

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

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

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

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

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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 quotes: For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

Sally Ride quotes: I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

Sally Ride quotes: I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

Sally Ride quotes: Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

Sally Ride quotes: The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

Sally Ride quotes: Weightless is a great equalizer.

Weightless is a great equalizer.

Sally Ride quotes: The view of Earth is spectacular.

The view of Earth is spectacular.

Sally Ride quotes: The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever have in my life.

The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever have in my life.

Sally Ride quotes: When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

Sally Ride quotes: The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.

If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.

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

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

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

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

Sally Ride quotes: But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

Sally Ride quotes: I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

Sally Ride quotes: The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.

The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.

Sally Ride quotes: I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

Sally Ride quotes: 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

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 quotes: I had both male and female heroes.

I had both male and female heroes.

Sally Ride quotes: I did not come to NASA to make history.

I did not come to NASA to make history.

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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

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

Sally Ride quotes: 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.

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

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

Sally Ride quotes: Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

Sally Ride quotes: On both of my flights, everything went very well.

On both of my flights, everything went very well.

Sally Ride quotes: My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.

My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.

Sally Ride quotes: The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.

The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.

Sally Ride quotes: It's too bad our society isn't further along.

It's too bad our society isn't further along.