Author: Sally Ride

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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

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

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

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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