RIP Sally Ride.

[Luddly Neddite]

Cancer. She was only 61.

I remember well that she said it would be 'special' that a woman went to space when it was no longer a big deal.

Ride Sally Ride

 

[Zoom-boing]

Just read this. Pancreatic cancer. Cripes, I don't think anyone survives that. Very sad.

 

[hortysir]

 

[Peach]

just read this. Pancreatic cancer. Cripes, i don't think anyone survives that. Very sad.

rip.

 

[bodecea]

"High Flight"

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even[8] eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I have trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Sally Ride, first US woman in space dead at 61 - Yahoo! News

Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61.

Ride first launched into space in 1983 aboard the Challenger shuttle, taking part in the seventh mission of US space shuttle program.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deaARYHbeM]6) Lou Reed - Ride Sally Ride - live in Paris, 1974 - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Quite a lady we need more poeple who believe that your are not born to greatness but can get there is you try regardless of race.

 

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[Luddly Neddite]

How strange that rw's can revere this woman but hate other gays.

go figure.

But, her partner was with her at the end and that's what matters.

 

[hortysir]

How strange that rw's can revere this woman but hate other gays.

go figure.

But, her partner was with her at the end and that's what matters.

How strange that only a far-left whackjob felt the need to even mention her sexuality and suggest that it has the slightest thing to do with her abilities as an American astronaut.

 

[JakeStarkey]

John Gillespie McGee, Jr, was 19 when he wrote that, then died shortly thereafter fighting in the RAF against the Nazis.

Sally Ride had that type of indomitable spirit, too.

Well chosen.

"High Flight"

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even[8] eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I have trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

[Sallow]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin.



Read more: Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61 - seattlepi.com

61 is to young.

 

[SayMyName]

Sally Ride was a pioneer. It is sad that pancreatic cancer remains so deadly. History will remember her well.

 

[Againsheila]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin.



Read more: Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61 - seattlepi.com

61 is to young.

First AMERICAN woman in space....still, a worthy legacy.

 

[Artevelde]

May she rest in peace.

 

[emptystep]

Don't mean to bring up politics but where the heck is our space program? Sally was a great story. I forget what grade I was in when she went up. Everything is skunk works now I guess. A shame.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin.



Read more: Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61 - seattlepi.com

61 is to young.

This was the song they played for her when they lifted off.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg]mustang sally - wilson pickett - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Luissa]

Pioneer for women.

From what I read, very private. She didn't come out until her death, they are saying.

 

[Claudette]

A true pioneer. May she RIP.