Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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The view of Earth is spectacular.Sally Ride
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
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