#astronaut

I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars. ↗

— David M. Brown

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Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

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Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college. ↗

— Sally Ride

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No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. ↗

— Sally Ride

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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. ↗

— Sally Ride

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One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. ↗

— Sally Ride

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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight. ↗

— Sally Ride

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So 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 Ride

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Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom. ↗

— Sally Ride

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