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To have died once is enough. ↗

— Virgil

#enough #once

My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane. ↗

— Sally Ride

#background #engineer #flight #i #like

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program. ↗

— Sally Ride

#elementary school #even #high #i #interested

Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same. ↗

— Sally Ride

#even #launch #nasa #practice #same

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. ↗

— Sally Ride

#flight #floating #i #just #middle

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

— Sally Ride

#astronauts #high-risk #i #i think #most

On both of my flights, everything went very well. ↗

— Sally Ride

#everything #flights #very #well #went

Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. ↗

— Sally Ride

#rocket #rocket science #rockets #science #tough

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

— Sally Ride

#astronauts #before #couple #flight #most

It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#back #brought #global #made #personality