Author: Sally Ride

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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

The view of Earth is spectacular.

The view of Earth is spectacular.

- Sally Ride

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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