I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
Sally RideSo most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
Sally RideThe food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.
Sally RideI love the John Glenn model... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.
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