The view of earth is spectacular from space. Most people imagine that when astronauts look out the window of the shuttle they see the whole earth like that big blue marble that was made famous by the flights that went to the moon. But the shuttle is much, much closer than those astronauts were. So we don't see the whole planet, the whole ball at once, we just see parts of it.
Sally RideIt takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
Sally RideWhen you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person.
Sally RideI slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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