Death of Sally Ride

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America's first woman in space has lost her battle with cancer at age 61. There's no telling how many she served as a role model for. Rest in peace.

[Shemp Howard]

An American hero,for sure.:ThmbUp:

[DJofSD]

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America's first woman in space has lost her battle with cancer at age 61. There's no telling how many she served as a role model for. Rest in peace.
A very postive role model. We'll only know when those women who achieve some level of success inspired by Sally have a chance to say so.

High Flight
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

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 windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space...
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoL-KCFbIpA&feature=player_detailpage

[DJofSD]

Reach for the Stars (http://myucsd.tv/2012/07/23/in-memoriam-reach-for-the-stars-with-sally-ride/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter), a lecture by Sally Ride. UCSD-TV, 60 minutes.

[TJDave]

in space...in space...in space


http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2018773264_sallyridegay26.html


Who knew?

[DJofSD]

Er, um, who cares?

Why even bring it up? Some of the greatest contributors throughtout history were LGBT.