[net-gold] Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies after Bout with Cancer
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- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:52:30 -0400 (EDT)
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Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies after Bout with Cancer
By Lisa M. Krieger
Mercurynews.com
Posted: 07/23/2012 07:14:01 PM PDT July 24, 2012 4:57 AM GMT
Updated: 07/23/2012 09:57:02 PM PDT
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Former NASA astronaut Sally K. Ride, a Stanford-educated physicist who
used her clout to inspire generations of future women scientists, died on
Monday after a 17-month bout with cancer. She was 61.
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"Sallymania" swept the nation in 1983 when Ride, the first American woman
-- and then-youngest American astronaut -- rocketed into space,
manipulating a 50-foot-long robotic arm to retrieve a 3,200-pound
satellite from aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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Smiling and smart, strong and confident, she was comfortable in a world
dominated by crew-cutted men, igniting the imagination of girls who
couldn't see themselves in the "World and Space" pages of Childcraft
encyclopedias.
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"NASA has lost a great role model, the nation has lost a great hero, and
Ames has lost a great friend," NASA Ames Research Center Director S. Pete
Worden said.
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Once earthbound, Ride dedicated herself to founding San Diego-based Sally
Ride Science, an organization that helps create engaging science programs
for tweens, especially young girls. She also cofounded the Girls Scouts'
Camp CEO, which introduces minority girls to professional women, and
frequently spoke about the importance of strong science education.
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"When I was growing up" during the Space Race with the Soviet Union, "it
was really cool to be a scientist or engineer," she told a conference at
UC Berkeley last year. "We need to make science cool again."
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Friends and colleagues were startled and saddened by the unexpected loss
of someone who contributed so much. Ride died at her home in La Jolla of
pancreatic cancer.
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"She could have been head of a major aerospace corporation, turning her
expertise into a way to make a lot of money," said Joyce Richards, who
worked with Ride while leading Girl Scouts of Northern California.
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"But that wasn't her goal. Her goal was to stimulate girls' interest in
math, science and technology. She was really passionate about the idea
that girls need to be taught science in new and different ways -- and that
girls are more engaged through connectivity, by doing things."
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Etta Heber, director of education at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science
Center who shared panel discussions with Ride, called her "a trailblazer,
opening doors for countless women. She encouraged girls to dream big, and
follow those dreams -- their passions.
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"Her strength was her ability to work through any political issues or
academic issues that interfered with science, technology, engineering and
math careers," she said. "She was very clear and direct about fighting the
good fight."
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