“Anything from making a mistake on an experiment that would ruin some scientist on earth's experiment - career, potentially - to doing something wrong with the satellite that a country was depending on for its communications, to making some mistake that could actually cost you and the crew either a mission or your lives. So there is a lot of pressure that's put on every astronaut to just make sure that he or she understands exactly what to do, exactly when to do it, and is trained and prepared to carry it out.” CountryEarthMistakeCareersCommunicationCostScientistPressurePreparedMissionsExperimentsRuinsMaking MistakesCrewAstronautSatellites Author:Sally Ride
“My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.” MissionsPhysicsBackgroundsFlightAirplaneEngineersAeroplanesSpecialists Author:Sally Ride
“It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.” NeedsYearsWomenCoupleTrainingMissionsBackgrounds Author:Sally Ride
“Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.” HandsUsedSpaceArmsMissionsReleaseRobotsOrbitSatellitesSpace Shuttle Author:Sally Ride
