“The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.”
Sally Ride“For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.”
Sally Ride“All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.”
Sally Ride“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.”
Sally Ride“I did not come to NASA to make history.”
Sally Ride“I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.”
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.”
Sally Ride“The view of Earth is spectacular.”
Sally Ride“I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.”
Sally Ride“The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.”
Sally Ride“No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.”
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