#nasa

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong. ↗

— Sally Ride

#after #challenger #fix #gone #had

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

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds. ↗

— Sally Ride

#had #nasa #only #quite #scientific

I did not come to NASA to make history. ↗

— Sally Ride

#did #history #i #make #nasa

I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help. ↗

— Sally Ride

#enterprise #eventually #going #help #i

NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts. ↗

— Sally Ride

#choose #clothes #like #lot #nasa

For NASA, space is still a high priority. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#high #high priority #nasa #priority #space

NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#asked #chicken #create #desire #fake

There's been a lot of discussion about NASA culture and changing that. I think our culture has always been one of trying to do a very difficult job and do it well. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#always #been #changing #culture #difficult

NASA should start thinking about this planet. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#nasa #planet #should #start #thinking