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I was born in 1985. Because of this, I did not grow up in a world where it was not possible for an American woman to be an astronaut. Although the Challenger disaster happened when I was less than a year old, I still knew the name of Dr. Sally Ride and dreamed of space. For Career Day in 1st grade, my mother managed to figure out how to make an astronaut costume for me.
It was because of Dr. Ride and women like her that I dreamed of space and found my love in science. I've had a lifelong love affair with the topic. I still go starry-eyed at the prospect of working in aerospace.
There would not be a place for me, or others like me, if women like Dr. Ride had not blazed the trail for us.
Image from Sally Ride Science, July 23, 2012
So thank you, Dr. Sally Ride. May you find immortality among the stars.
It was because of Dr. Ride and women like her that I dreamed of space and found my love in science. I've had a lifelong love affair with the topic. I still go starry-eyed at the prospect of working in aerospace.
There would not be a place for me, or others like me, if women like Dr. Ride had not blazed the trail for us.
Image from Sally Ride Science, July 23, 2012
So thank you, Dr. Sally Ride. May you find immortality among the stars.
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