“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. Whether it's going to be a consortium or one entity remains to be seen. I could be wrong. I could be one of the old fogies! Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. It happens. A company has to be willing to bear the risk of its rocket failing. It's a very large capital investment.” PeopleWayHelpingHappensAbleCompanyFailingRiskWillingBearsToughRemainsInvestmentEnterpriseSuspectsEntityRocketsNasaOrbitPrivate EnterpriseRocket ScienceCapital Investment Author:Sally Ride
“It was hard to become an astronaut. Not anywhere near as much physical training as people imagine, but a lot of mental training, a lot of learning. You have to learn everything there is to know about the Space Shuttle and everything you are going to be doing, and everything you need to know if something goes wrong, and then once you have learned it all, you have to practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice until everything is second nature, so it's a very, very difficult training, and it takes years.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsYearsHardDifficultSpacePracticeImagineTrainingAstronautSpace ShuttlePhysical Training Author:Sally Ride
“The view of earth is spectacular from space. Most people imagine that when astronauts look out the window of the shuttle they see the whole earth like that big blue marble that was made famous by the flights that went to the moon. But the shuttle is much, much closer than those astronauts were. So we don't see the whole planet, the whole ball at once, we just see parts of it.” PeopleLooksMadeWholeBigsEarthSpaceViewsImaginePlanetsMoonWindowBallsBlueFlightImagine ThatSpectacularAstronautMarble Author:Sally Ride
“Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.” PeopleAbleThreeSecretInformationWillingNew ThingsNew InformationWilling To Learn Author:Sally Ride
“I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.” PeopleImportantWould BeJobsFeltHonoredGood Job Author:Sally Ride
“I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.” PeopleShouldWholeTalkingWhole LifeNot Talking Author:Sally Ride
“I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.” PeopleKnowsNeedsDoneAbilityCommonApproachCommon SenseEnterprise Author:Sally Ride
“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.” PeopleThinkingHelpingAbleEnterpriseSuspectsNasaOrbitPrivate Enterprise Author:Sally Ride
“I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one. And I began to understand the importance of that to people. Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see.” PeopleNeedsFirstsMayJobsYoungGirlCareersRolesClearModelsImportancePhysicsAssFlightSomedayRole ModelsBad AssAstronaut Author:Sally Ride
“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.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsI CanSpaceHalfAssBad AssOther Half Author:Sally Ride
“Astronauts will remain the explorers, the pioneers-the first to go back to moon and on to Mars. But I think it's really important to make space space available to as many people as we can. It's going to be a while before we can launch people for less than $20 million a ticket. But that day is coming.” PeopleThinkingFirstsImportantSpaceMillionsFutureMoonAvailableTicketsMarsPredictionsAstronautPioneersExplorers Author:Sally Ride
“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.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryBigsJobsCan DoRealizingDealsOur SocietyBig Deal Author:Sally Ride
