American - Astronaut | May 26, 1951 - July 23, 2012
I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.
Sally Ride
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My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.
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It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
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I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.
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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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.
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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.
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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
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So I decided on science when I was in college.
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I don't have any nicknames.
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