#astronaut

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It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.


John L. Phillips


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It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.


John L. Phillips


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I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be a Navy pilot. I majored in math because math had always come pretty easily to me and I liked it.


John L. Phillips


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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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