Sally Ride(s) No More

[Captain]

Sad day. Sally Ride dies at age 61.

Link

 

[JoeSelch]

Damn...

 

[Everskyward]

Sad news. I didn't know she was ill.

 

[nddons]

Cancer sucks. Pancreatic cancer really, really sucks. Blue skies, Sally.

 

[Seanaldinho]

We've lost yet another Pioneer. The list gets shorter and shorter.

Tailwinds and blue skies Sally, cheers.

 

[wsuffa]

RIP. Sad news about a true pioneer.

 

[murphey]

(*cry*)

 

[Geico266]

First woman in space. She was incredibly perky .

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2012-07-23/astronaut-sally-ride-obit/56444522/1

 

[Clark1961]

First woman in space. She was incredibly perky .

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2012-07-23/astronaut-sally-ride-obit/56444522/1

First American woman is space.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

First woman in space. She was incredibly perky .

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2012-07-23/astronaut-sally-ride-obit/56444522/1

You mean Valentina Tereshkova doesn't count? Only beat Sally by 20 years.

 

[Geico266]

You mean Valentina Tereshkova doesn't count? Only beat Sally by 20 years.

You are right, but gender testing on her was inconclusive. Have you seen Soviet women?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ry30gRy3O4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[olasek]

You mean Valentina Tereshkova doesn't count?.

You are absolutely right but at least Sally paved a way for other women to follow in her footsteps, Velentina's flight was a pure propaganda stunt with a heavy dose of red flags, hammer&sickle symbology and arranged 'space' marriage.

 

[Everskyward]

You are right, but gender testing on her was inconclusive. Have you seen Soviet women?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ry30gRy3O4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You mean she wasn't perky enough for you?

Interesting those are the things you remember about these two women.

 

[denverpilot]

Anyone else been wondering if the cancer was brought on by additional radiation exposure in space?

 

[nddons]

Anyone else been wondering if the cancer was brought on by additional radiation exposure in space?

Good question, but as I understand it pancreatic cancer is a nasty one that they know very little about. My mother-in-law died of that at age 50 about 20 years ago, so maybe that's changed.

 

[Seanaldinho]

Pancreatic cancer is still one of the worse kinds because if its not caught within weeks of it forming there is nothing they can really do except manage any pain you have. My grandfather passed of it almost 10 years ago now.