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Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

55. “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 Quote: “The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.”

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

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

58. “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 Quote: “It’s no secret that I’ve been reluctant to use my name for things.”

59. “It’s no secret that I’ve been reluctant to use my name for things.”

Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

60. “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 Quote: “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.”

61. “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 Quote: “You know, I go around the country a lot.”

62. “You know, I go around the country a lot.”

Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “It’s well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they’re in middle school.”

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

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “That’s something that is almost part of being human and I’m certain that will continue.”

67. “That’s something that is almost part of being human and I’m certain that will continue.”

Sally Ride Quote: “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.”

68. “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 Quote: “So I decided on science when I was in college.”

69. “So I decided on science when I was in college.”

Sally Ride Quote: “I haven’t written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.”

70. “I haven’t written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.”

Sally Ride Quote: “It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.”

71. “It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.”

Sally Ride Quote: “You can picture pretty easily if there were a paying passenger aboard a rocket that failed, like Challenger failed. Certainly it would be a tragedy, and a tragedy for the company. They would have a hard time recovering from it.”

72. “You can picture pretty easily if there were a paying passenger aboard a rocket that failed, like Challenger failed. Certainly it would be a tragedy, and a tragedy for the company. They would have a hard time recovering from it.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “I didn’t really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.”

74. “I didn’t really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “I had both male and female heroes.”

76. “I had both male and female heroes.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background – the commander and the pilot.”

78. “On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background – the commander and the pilot.”

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

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

Sally Ride Quote: “On both of my flights, everything went very well.”

80. “On both of my flights, everything went very well.”

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

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

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