I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model! - Sally Ride 1 Share Now -
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. - Sally Ride 2 Share Now -
Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in. - Sally Ride 3 Share Now -
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. - Sally Ride 4 Share Now -
Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space. - Sally Ride 5 Share Now -
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. - Sally Ride 7 Share Now -
One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. - Sally Ride 8 Share Now -
Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue. - Sally Ride 10 Share Now -
