#pac

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. ↗

— Sally Ride

#being #enjoy #first #going #i

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#children #education #figure #inclinations #made

Pack an outfit to change into on the plane. ↗

— Nicole Richie

#into #outfit #pack #plane

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. ↗

— Eddie Rickenbacker

#aviation #capacity #given #impossible #proof

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

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

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

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

#explain #go #half #i #into

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission. ↗

— Sally Ride

#mission #prepare #space #takes #years

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