#astronauts

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

— Sally Ride

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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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight. ↗

— Sally Ride

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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do. ↗

— Sally Ride

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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

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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. ↗

— Sally Ride

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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

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The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me. ↗

— Ray Romano

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I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians. ↗

— Todd Barry

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When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah. ↗

— Cat Stevens

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