Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. – Sally Ride
For whatever reason, I didnt succumb to the stereotype that science wasnt 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
The food isnt too bad. Its very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program. – Sally Ride
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis. – Sally Ride
I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that its not just for a select group of people. – Ellen Ochoa