#space

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ↗

— Jules Renard

#curb #driver #empty #empty space #hydrant

And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits. ↗

— Ed Rendell

#benefits #contributes #economic #economic benefits #having

Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. ↗

— Ed Rendell

#greener #growing #money #open #open space

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. ↗

— Sally Ride

#being #enjoy #first #going #i

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong. ↗

— Sally Ride

#after #challenger #fix #gone #had

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program. ↗

— Sally Ride

#elementary school #even #high #i #interested

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. ↗

— Sally Ride

#flight #floating #i #just #middle

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it. ↗

— Sally Ride

#explain #go #half #i #into

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission. ↗

— Sally Ride

#mission #prepare #space #takes #years

NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts. ↗

— Sally Ride

#choose #clothes #like #lot #nasa