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I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises. ↗

— Sally Ride

#approach #common #common sense #done #enterprises

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it. ↗

— Sally Ride

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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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One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. ↗

— Sally Ride

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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

#curiosity #delving #fun #investigating #method

So I decided on science when I was in college. ↗

— 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

#anxious #astronauts #because #excited #explosion

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

#astronauts #bedroom #beds #close #compartments