The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience. Sally Ride More Quotes by Sally Ride More Quotes From Sally Ride You know, I go around the country a lot. Sally Ride knows country If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today. Sally Ride movement ifs today The view of Earth is spectacular. Sally Ride spectacular earth views It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school. Sally Ride girl dumb school The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program. Sally Ride astronaut different space For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. Sally Ride obstacles long way 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 nasa practice trying Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle. Sally Ride wells awful busy Different astronauts sleep in different ways. Sally Ride different sleep way Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit. Sally Ride orbit space hands The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident. Sally Ride accidents rockets space The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. Sally Ride dramatic anxious The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women. Sally Ride astronaut class men I had both male and female heroes. Sally Ride males female hero I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life. Sally Ride memoir made television I think maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do. Sally Ride jobs country thinking The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming. Sally Ride i-think think women way There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. Sally Ride woman being enjoy space
