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“ For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did. ”

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When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

~ Sally Ride

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

~ Sally Ride

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

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

~ Sally Ride