Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Sally Ride Quotes Click here for Sally Ride books Sally Ride: A Space Biography (Countdown to Space) "Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space." "All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary." "But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program." "I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science." "I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college." "When I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth." "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." "For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds." "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." "I had both male and female heroes." "Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine." "I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis." "My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane." "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." "The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter." |
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