Sally Ride Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

Sally Ride quotes and sayings page 6 (deceased astronaut born on May 26, 1951). Here's quote # 51 through 60 out of the 64 we have for her.

“It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.”

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

“The view of Earth is spectacular.”

“The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.”

“You know, I go around the country a lot.”

“Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight.”

“My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.”

“I had both male and female heroes.”

“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.”

“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.”