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Category: Sally Ride

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

Scary, New, Adventures

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.

Life, Universe, Studying

I did not come to NASA to make history.

NASA, Come, Did

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!

Life, Walk, Little Girls

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

Favorite, Astronomy, Math

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.

Teacher, Friends, Parents

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.

Curiosity, Fun, Questions

The view of Earth is spectacular.

View, Earth, Spectacular

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

Better, Rocket, Than

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

Flight, Floating, Just

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.

Love, People, Know

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

Responsibility, Woman