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The mission specialist, Dr. Sally
Ride, complete your preparations
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to join the orbiter.
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Countdown in one hour,
40 minutes, 25 seconds, and counting.
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The five members
of the flight crew are on board.
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Dr. Sally Ride will be MS2.
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Okay, team, this is MS2.
Are you ready?
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MS2, I can hear you clearly.
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It is a milestone in US space history.
For the first time, an American...
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- ...the first...
- ...an American...
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- ...the first woman...
- ...an astronaut...
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...will be launched into space.
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Her name is Sally Ride.
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- Sally Ride.
- Sally Ride.
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Astronaut Sally Ride.
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- You are a star!
- We are with you.
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Go for it, Sally.
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Dr. Ride, do you think
the press coverage very intense?
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Press coverage?
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It's a shame that society
I'm no longer advanced,
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and that is so important.
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Sally was the most famous person
of the planet for a while, and with good reason.
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Two minutes to go and counting.
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I realized that I will be an example to follow.
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Armed hydrogen igniters.
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Women have the chance
to show your value.
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I hope she doesn't strike
everything to lose!
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I feel like it's important
May I not make any mistakes.
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- Twenty-five.
- 25 seconds left and counting.
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The integrated sequencer
controls the final seconds.
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It's time for people to realize
that women in this country
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they can work on whatever they want.
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Sally risked everything
to go down in history.
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But tell the world about us
It was a risk she couldn't take.
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In ten, nine, eight, seven, six.
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Ignition of the main engine.
Main engine on.
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Takeoff confirmed!
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The STS-7 takes off with the first
American astronaut.
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Hey, do you know
Who is this person here?
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- Yes.
- We know.
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Do you know? What's her name?
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-Sally Ride.
-Sally Ride.
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- That's right.
- They got it right.
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- What does she do?
- She's an astronaut.
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- An astronaut?
- That's right.
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How do you eat?
Does the food not float?
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We don't eat peas or things like that,
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why open up
a can of peas, they...
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Who wants to go to space
with Sally on the next trip?
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Okay. Deal.
Is it okay if we all go?
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- Of course, it's okay.
- Okay.
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Sally liked the way
what they thought about her.
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She was the golden girl
and a great model to follow.
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It seems to be having problems.
Can I help with anything?
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Well, this rocket doesn't want to take off.
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She didn't want that to change.
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We don't plan to hide anything.
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I wanted to be an astronaut
when he grew up.
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- Is that so?
- Yes, I wanted to.
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There's still time.
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That affected me,
but it didn't affect Sally.
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She didn't care about those things.
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Tam interview, take one.
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- Action.
- Action.
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You could start by introducing yourself,
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saying who you are,
and who were you to Sally?
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Of course.
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My name is Tam O'Shaughnessy,
and I was her companion for 27 years.
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COMPANION
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US AIR FORCE
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When I met Sally,
She was 13 and I was 12.
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We were in a line,
with other girls,
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for a tennis tournament.
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It was a very hot day.
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And I remember that very blue sky.
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I was right behind her in line.
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And she caught my attention
because I was on my toes.
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And when the line moved,
She walked on tiptoe,
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and I had never seen
someone did that before.
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And I was looking at her and laughing.
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That's when she turned
behind and saw me.
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I said something like:
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"You're tiptoeing
like a ballerina."
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And we became friends.
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Sally was kind of quiet,
but he spoke for eight minutes without stopping
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over the other players,
how to beat them, how to defeat them.
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Her style of play was strategic.
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Short balls,
put the ball in the corners.
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I played doubles with her,
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and she wanted to be on the side
where the pressure was greatest.
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Some people are like that.
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At crucial moments,
they want to be in charge.
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And Sally was like that.
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I grew up during the heyday
of the space program.
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It was on the cover of the newspaper
every day
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and I remember the teachers
elementary school
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bringing those big TVs
and old ones for the classroom
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for us to watch
to the first releases.
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I think all children
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dreamed of being an astronaut
at some point.
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This is a small
step to the man...
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Wow.
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�, let's get busy now.
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I loved science, but how
many girls in elementary school,
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I started to lose my self-esteem,
losing my trust.
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I started to internalize
the subtle messages
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that people usually transmit.
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As there were only men
in the space program...
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it honestly never occurred to me
that I could be an astronaut.
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In 1976, NASA decided...
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JOURNALIST
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...that would expand
the Astronaut Corps
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and which would include women
and minorities for the first time.
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I saw an ad for NASA
in the Stanford student newspaper...
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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...saying they were accepting
applications for astronauts.
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NASA RECRUITS WOMEN
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When I saw that,
I knew it was what I wanted to do.
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That same day, I scribbled
an application for registration is at hand.
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"Now that the space program
evolved to the point
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what women are in
being considered,
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I feel like I'm receiving
an incredible opportunity.
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Furthermore,
I believe that my training,
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scientific training
in general and in astrophysics,
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qualifies me to contribute
both for the program
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how much I hope to get from him."
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When she made something wrong,
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she simply scratched
and continued writing.
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That's just like Sally.
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When NASA announced
who would recruit
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30 to 40 new astronauts,
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more than eight thousand candidates
replied,
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including more than 1,500 women.
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I knew I had a good chance
to reach a reasonable point...
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SALLY RIDE'S VOICE
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...in the selection process.
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Until the end of the selection process,
I would already be a doctor.
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And I had a good track record
atlético.
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Sally Ride's statistics
include multiple academic credentials
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that, at first glance,
they seemed to belong to three people.
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At Stanford University,
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she graduated simultaneously
in English and Physics,
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then he got a master's degree
and a PhD in Astrophysics.
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Sally had a certain arrogance
in relation to physics.
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She loved the fact
of being super difficult to learn.
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So if you learned,
you were kind of great.
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One night, we were about twenty years old,
I invited Sally to dinner.
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We haven't seen each other for a few years.
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I decided to prepare something special.
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I didn't have much money,
but I bought steaks, wine,
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the light was low.
It was exciting and fun
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meet again as adults.
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She knew I was gay,
I told her.
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And I told her
that he had a girlfriend.
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But I didn't know she had
her own experience.
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I had no idea.
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Sally was my first
best friend
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and my first relationship
with a woman.
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I'm not talking about college times.
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EX-GIRLFRIEND
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I was very involved with Sally.
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What I had with
Sally was wonderful.
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For four years,
we were together all the time.
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But none of us spoke
with no one outside the house
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about what was happening.
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We didn't walk hand in hand in the street.
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For me,
What made it come to an end was
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that I couldn't
live more in that little world.
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I remember seeing
Molly and Sally together,
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but I didn't know anything,
I only found out years later.
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And at that romantic dinner,
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that I didn't even know was romantic,
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we talk and connect,
and it was a lovely night.
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Ten years later she told me
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that what she felt for me
It started to change that night.
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But I didn't have the slightest idea.
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Soon after,
she got the call from NASA.
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I received a phone call this morning
early, California time.
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I thought I was dreaming.
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I had been accepted
to the Astronaut Office.
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I was thrilled.
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NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
AERONUTICS AND SPACE
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In early 1978,
astrophysicist Dr. Sally Ride
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announced an event to the family
important in your career.
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She had been selected by NASA
to be a candidate for astronaut.
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I was very excited.
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The first thing I did,
when hanging up the phone
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and having spoken to George Abbey,
I picked up the phone
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and I called my mother,
for my sister, for my father.
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They were as excited as I was.
My mother's reaction was...
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I have a sister who is in theology.
She is in theological seminary.
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And my mother said, "Well, you know,
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one of the two goes to heaven."
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Until now, men on the Moon
They were just that: men, not women.
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In fact, until now,
all astronauts were men,
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and whites, not blacks.
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The United States Space Agency
appointed 35 new astronauts,
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including six women,
three blacks and one oriental.
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DANGER - FLASHING LIGHT
INDICATES EXPLOSIVES INSTALLED
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When I arrived at NASA,
It was really cool.
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From that moment on,
I started dreaming of having the chance
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to go to space.
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we were the newbies
in the Astronaut Corps.
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None of us knew anything
about what was about to happen.
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It was the turning point
in my life.
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RIDE - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
AERONUTICS AND SPACE
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Welcome everyone to Houston
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and the Johnson Space Center.
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We had more than eight thousand people...
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DIRECTOR, JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
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...who signed up,
interested in being astronauts.
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First trip to Houston
It was with all 35 of us...
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ASTRONAUT, CLASS OF 1978
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...to introduce ourselves
at a major press event.
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There were ten people
like you've never seen before
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in the NASA Astronaut Corps.
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Sally Ride, Research Assistant
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in the Department of Physics
from Stanford University,
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at Stanford, California.
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There was a huge spotlight
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facing us,
the ten that we were different.
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And we were in a real marathon
of press for hours and hours.
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Kathy Sullivan.
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That kind of prepared us.
for what was to come.
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We were public figures now.
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They won't want to know
just about your expectations
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for the space program
or your goals.
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They will approach
the stereotypical clichés,
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romantic themes,
hair, makeup,
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fashion matters,
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the approaches that are accustomed
to give to the women they interview.
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And when you meet a man...
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ASTRONAUT, CLASS OF 1978
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...who doesn't know who he is, and you say:
"I'm an astronaut"?
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And he: "It's too beautiful
to be an astronaut!
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Young lady, you are not an astronaut!"
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I say I'm an engineer.
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When do you expect to go up?
on the space shuttle?
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It will still take a few years
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for us, the newbies,
but it will be worth the wait.
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The Space Shuttle Columbia
is scheduled to take off
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from Cape Canaveral, Florida,
for initial flight testing.
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I can't wait to go up.
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I think we're all excited
to go ourselves.
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FIRST RELEASE, 1981
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Everyone wanted to be
the first man and the first woman.
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I mean, this was
simply our nature.
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The astronauts knew
that certain people were important.
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But the process itself,
the criteria they used,
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it was an absolute mystery.
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They didn't know
if they should be more friendly,
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whether they should work two hours more.
They didn't know what the formula was.
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There was no doubt
that Sally wanted to be first.
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She would never have
admitted this in an interview.
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In every interview you read of her,
She says, "Ah, I just want to fly."
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I didn't join this program
to be the first to go to space.
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I don't have a big desire
to be the first woman to go.
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It doesn't mean that much to me,
but I want to go up as soon as possible.
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Some of the training is quite difficult.
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Parachute jump.
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The Vomit Comet.
The plane that rises and descends sharply.
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He gives them 20 seconds
of absence of gravity.
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It was a Vomit Comet.
Yes, it was a very appropriate name.
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The astronauts were subjected
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the same exercises
than their male counterparts.
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They were hoisted,
dipped and pulled,
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learned survival techniques
and using some of the tools
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which they will take on real flights
of the space shuttle.
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ASTRONAUT, CLASS OF 1978
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All the while,
there was this media around us.
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They watched carefully
everything we did.
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"Can these people
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deal with the unknown and uncertainty,
with the potential dangers?"
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Do you think it's as good as
any male astronauts here?
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Yes.
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And better than any of them?
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I'm not stupid enough
to say that.
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In almost everyone's mind,
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the choice would be
between Sally and Judy Resnik.
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Judy has always been considered
a strong candidate.
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She was very intelligent,
and a great engineer.
283
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Sally and Judy
they were like apples and oranges.
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ASTRONAUT, CLASS OF 1978
285
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Two types of personalities
completely different.
286
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Judy was a sweetheart,
287
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and she was extraordinarily
intelligent and capable,
288
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but he loved to have fun.
289
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Sally was much quieter.
His attitude was always professional.
290
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I've never seen her show much emotion.
291
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Is she mad? Are you happy?
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ASTRONAUT
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Are you upset? I don't know.
294
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That made it a little difficult
to get closer.
295
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She had a rough side.
296
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I don't think she knew
how to be someone's friend
297
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who you were competing with.
298
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One of my first tasks
it was on the robotic arm of the space shuttle.
299
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He was still
in the testing and development phase.
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Due to its duties,
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This would put the person in a position
in which she would be eligible to be the first.
302
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The objective of the robotic arm
was to be able to remove satellites
303
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of the space shuttle
and launch them into space.
304
00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:19,116
Having that assignment
It was something very important.
305
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:24,872
Sally was great at handling the arm,
just like Judy.
306
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Floated behind the bay,
behind the center.
307
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Now I have him at 45 and 30.
308
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Thanks to your motor coordination,
acquired when I was a tennis player...
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VOICE OF TAM O'SHAUGHNESSY
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...Sally adapted and discovered
how would that work in space,
311
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and so people noticed
that she had mastered the robotic arm.
312
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These factors placed it
in a favorable position for an early flight.
313
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Sally had a competitive mindset
very different from the rest of us.
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One day, we were training
and I was practicing on the robotic arm.
315
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I was on the panel
to start working with it
316
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and I see Sally pass behind me
and go down the stairs to the lower deck.
317
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And suddenly, the arm stopped
to move...abruptly.
318
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So I went into mode
troubleshooting
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00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:23,096
and eventually
I went to look at the circuit breakers,
320
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that are on a panel
at the end of that staircase,
321
00:20:27,476 --> 00:20:29,478
and they were all taken away.
322
00:20:30,521 --> 00:20:33,314
And it was clear to me that Sally,
as I went down the stairs,
323
00:20:33,315 --> 00:20:36,610
had simply turned off
the breakers silently.
324
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Was Sally
just playing instructor
325
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to see what I would do?
326
00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:45,578
Could it be that it was sending a signal,
like, "That's my manipulative arm.
327
00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:49,039
What are you doing with him?"
Or were you just messing with me?
328
00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:54,461
If you asked me
which of us six wanted this prize most,
329
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I would say it was probably Sally.
330
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:03,970
I couldn't understand
the excitement of working for NASA.
331
00:21:03,971 --> 00:21:06,390
I thought it would be the most boring place
332
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and limited world to work in,
333
00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:13,396
and who would not be receptive
to people of color.
334
00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:16,025
And if you're gay,
You know, get out of here.
335
00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,321
I followed a very different path.
336
00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,448
Instead of going to college,
337
00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:27,453
I entered the first round
of women's professional tennis,
338
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the Virginia Slim Circuit.
I played the US Open and Wimbledon.
339
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,294
And I met a lot of wonderful people,
340
00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:38,380
including a tennis player from Sweden.
341
00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:43,344
We became friends and I realized
342
00:21:43,594 --> 00:21:48,056
that the way I thought of her
it was kind of... different.
343
00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:51,393
He was kind of gay, and that shocked me.
344
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,938
And I was scared.
345
00:21:55,022 --> 00:22:00,319
As a child, I was taught
that homosexuals or lesbians
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They are very scary people.
347
00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:05,825
Most Americans are repulsed
by the simple idea of homosexuality.
348
00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:09,077
CBS News poll shows
that two out of every three Americans
349
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see homosexuals
with disgust, discomfort or fear.
350
00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:16,168
I find this revolting,
and it is written in the Old Testament
351
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which is an abomination against God.
352
00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:21,298
It's not American, you know?
353
00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:23,842
I think they should
be shot.
354
00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,426
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS FOR MORALITY!
355
00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:28,638
In the beginning, fear and shame
that we grew up with dawned on me.
356
00:22:28,639 --> 00:22:29,848
BEING GAY IS NOT OK!
357
00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,643
You have to be careful,
You have to hide who you are,
358
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You have to hide what you feel.
And it all started.
359
00:22:37,773 --> 00:22:42,694
But I came from the tennis environment,
where no one cared
360
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:45,364
who were you dating
or who he was having sex with.
361
00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:49,200
I connected
with a community of women
362
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:52,288
who were willing to be more
open about their sexuality.
363
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:54,622
LESBIANS FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
364
00:22:54,623 --> 00:22:56,833
There was a movement
happening across the country.
365
00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:57,917
SHOES, UNITE
366
00:22:57,918 --> 00:23:01,171
If they thought we were
everywhere in the 1970s,
367
00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,591
wait until you see the 1980s.
368
00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:07,468
LESBIANS FOR LESBIANS
369
00:23:07,469 --> 00:23:10,180
See other members
of the queer community marching
370
00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:12,975
and being themselves was inspiring.
371
00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:18,272
I decided I would tell
You are my sisters and you are my mother.
372
00:23:19,273 --> 00:23:22,484
I saw it was possible
be honest about who I was,
373
00:23:22,860 --> 00:23:24,570
and I felt really good.
374
00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:29,325
I was lucky
having had that experience
375
00:23:29,450 --> 00:23:32,244
when I was 19, 20, 21 years old.
376
00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:36,290
Sally was in an environment
much more restricted.
377
00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:43,213
When we started dating,
she gave me this.
378
00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:48,844
And I have to say, it surprised me,
because there are two women.
379
00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:53,432
It's beautiful, but it got me
a little surprise,
380
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:57,561
because I knew she was
more reserved and wasn't...
381
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,691
assumed and proud
and that kind of thing.
382
00:24:05,235 --> 00:24:10,407
Sally didn't talk about how she felt
in relation to personal matters.
383
00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:15,245
Even when young,
she was very reserved.
384
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:19,500
Her family didn't have that
type of intimate relationship,
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00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:22,419
visceral.
386
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,381
What was Sally like as a child?
387
00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:30,177
I think she was a bit reserved
388
00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:32,805
about how he felt.
389
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:35,391
To what do you attribute this?
390
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,644
It's none of your business.
391
00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:43,399
My name is Joyce Ride.
392
00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:46,402
And what is your relationship with Sally?
393
00:24:47,069 --> 00:24:48,112
Sally?
394
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,031
She was my number one daughter.
395
00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:53,534
SALLY'S MOTHER
396
00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:57,579
Sally's parents
were progressive thinkers,
397
00:24:57,705 --> 00:25:02,126
very open, and both believed
398
00:25:02,251 --> 00:25:05,045
What could your daughters do?
whatever they wanted.
399
00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:13,011
Sally's childhood was,
in a way, ideal,
400
00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:17,724
but on the other hand, your parents
they did not show affection for each other,
401
00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:19,727
nor by Bear and Sally.
402
00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:24,189
Being Norwegians,
We weren't a family...
403
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,523
SALLY'S SISTER
404
00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,443
...who shared feelings.
405
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:34,533
Sally absorbed the message
that a lot of exuberance, a lot of emotion,
406
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:38,203
It's not what we do around here, you know?
407
00:25:41,415 --> 00:25:43,792
Why don't you like
to talk about feelings?
408
00:25:47,504 --> 00:25:50,674
If I knew how I feel
in relation to feelings...
409
00:25:54,970 --> 00:25:56,889
I probably wouldn't tell you.
410
00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:01,726
She didn't learn
to express emotions,
411
00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:03,771
because they were not expressed
at home.
412
00:26:05,147 --> 00:26:09,067
Sally and I, for example,
We drove to her mother's house,
413
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:10,152
and we knocked on the door.
414
00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:13,489
Joyce opened it and said:
"Hello, eldest daughter."
415
00:26:14,323 --> 00:26:15,698
And: "Hello, Tam."
416
00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:18,452
And I did it again
what I was doing.
417
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:23,999
There was nothing like, "Come in."
A hug. You know, hug Sally.
418
00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:27,795
"I haven't seen you in a long time. I love you."
None of that. Absolutely nothing.
419
00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:31,840
She went back to the room to do
whatever you were doing.
420
00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:34,968
And you knew
that they were together at the time?
421
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:36,845
Who were girlfriends?
422
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,430
Yes, I knew.
423
00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:42,267
But we didn't talk about the subject.
424
00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:47,689
Do you see yourself, at this point, as
an astronaut worthy of The Chosen?
425
00:26:48,732 --> 00:26:49,900
Can you define this?
426
00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:54,113
I think Tom Wolfe describes them
like people who defy death,
427
00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:56,907
fighter pilots, etc.
428
00:26:57,032 --> 00:26:58,325
No, I don't think so.
429
00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:03,622
About
4,000 technical employees
430
00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:06,291
from the Johnson Space Center,
there were only four women.
431
00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:10,045
So that gives you an idea
of how masculine the culture was.
432
00:27:13,006 --> 00:27:15,342
In the hierarchy of large meetings,
433
00:27:15,509 --> 00:27:18,679
the main table always
was made up of men only.
434
00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:21,723
I remember some perplexed looks.
435
00:27:22,432 --> 00:27:25,936
"What's that girl doing?
Whose secretary is that sitting over there?"
436
00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:29,522
Is there any difference
between being a female astronaut
437
00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:31,357
and be a male astronaut?
438
00:27:31,358 --> 00:27:34,235
There is something positive,
something negative, something funny?
439
00:27:34,236 --> 00:27:39,992
No. I don't think you should
address this issue in your program.
440
00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:45,747
- Do you want...
- I would like you to stop, okay?
441
00:27:45,873 --> 00:27:47,833
All good. Let's stop.
442
00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:52,462
We all try to minimize
our femininity.
443
00:27:53,463 --> 00:27:56,299
Sally and I went to do
shopping together.
444
00:27:56,300 --> 00:28:01,053
We were looking
khaki pants and shirts
445
00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:03,265
that looked like
with what the boys wore.
446
00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:07,477
We wanted them to see us
as part of the team
447
00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,606
and not as a female astronaut.
448
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:15,443
This is a jacket that I think
that Sally liked to use, you know,
449
00:28:15,444 --> 00:28:17,613
with his aviator glasses.
450
00:28:17,821 --> 00:28:21,950
She was embodying, you know,
the Apollo astronauts and that way
451
00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:25,996
a bit macho, arrogant...
that arrogant way of them.
452
00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,751
The astronauts had
a fine line to walk.
453
00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:33,503
On the one hand,
they wanted to blend in.
454
00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:37,132
But they also needed
find a way
455
00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:41,136
confronting sexism
rooted in the culture of the time.
456
00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:44,389
No, what I was saying was:
It's not "Miss Ride."
457
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:46,432
� "Doctor", or "Sally".
458
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:48,352
- And you can choose.
- It's fine.
459
00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:50,896
- It's easier to say "Sally".
- It's better "Sally".
460
00:28:51,021 --> 00:28:53,565
We can use it once in one way,
once from the other.
461
00:28:53,690 --> 00:28:55,358
- Okay.
- That's right.
462
00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:58,111
- But don't be...
- It's just that we rehearse differently.
463
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,697
- But it wasn't correct.
- It's fine.
464
00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:05,202
There are sectors of NASA
who don't know what to do with us.
465
00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:08,330
Some of them are a little
condescending.
466
00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:11,207
Every time they come to talk
with one of us,
467
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,335
not really sure
of how to face ourselves.
468
00:29:15,504 --> 00:29:17,338
MULLANE
US AIR FORCE
469
00:29:17,339 --> 00:29:21,426
I graduated from West Point.
I went to Vietnam.
470
00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:24,012
One hundred and thirty four
combat missions there.
471
00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:27,264
I thought women
selected...
472
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:28,599
ASTRONAUT, CLASS OF 1978
473
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,936
...hadn't passed
for what we've been through.
474
00:29:31,812 --> 00:29:34,398
Several soldiers shared
of my attitude.
475
00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:40,862
You know, I thought Sally
very attractive.
476
00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:43,991
Judy was beautiful.
477
00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:46,326
It was reality at the time.
478
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:51,289
Men saw women
as mere sexual objects.
479
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,458
But female astronauts?
Are you kidding?
480
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:57,671
Ready. Calm down, calm down.
Astronauts don't cry.
481
00:29:57,796 --> 00:30:01,048
They will panic at the first
problem. They'll scream, grab each other.
482
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:03,134
They will look for a man
to hide behind.
483
00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:05,928
We need to investigate,
under controlled conditions,
484
00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:08,807
a woman's reactions
to the lunar space environment.
485
00:30:08,932 --> 00:30:11,309
Well, Renzo, welcome
your new home.
486
00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:19,609
This unit is defective.
487
00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:21,653
Your thinking is chaotic.
488
00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:24,281
This unit is a woman.
489
00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:28,785
I remember telling her
a joke with obscene language.
490
00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:30,829
You can, of course, edit this,
491
00:30:30,954 --> 00:30:34,540
but the joke ended
with the word "tits".
492
00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:37,084
And I could see it in her eyes,
you know,
493
00:30:37,085 --> 00:30:40,505
that look of you are the person
most disgusting thing I've ever seen.
494
00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:42,883
I didn't talk to her much after that.
495
00:30:44,134 --> 00:30:46,845
I had never worked
professionally with women.
496
00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:48,387
I was very suspicious
497
00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:52,308
their ability to act
in the world so dangerous
498
00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:54,186
of high-performance aviation.
499
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:57,481
I couldn't imagine
what they could offer.
500
00:30:57,939 --> 00:30:59,690
Women couldn't go to space...
501
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,108
AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
502
00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:02,861
...at the beginning of the decade
1960 because
503
00:31:03,153 --> 00:31:05,447
never thought
that the astronaut
504
00:31:05,572 --> 00:31:07,365
could be something else
but a man.
505
00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:11,661
There is room in our space program
for an astronaut?
506
00:31:11,995 --> 00:31:15,999
Well, we could have used a woman
and to have launched it instead of the chimpanzee.
507
00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:17,584
Well, I...
508
00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:22,380
In the late 50s,
509
00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:26,634
a group of women pilots
passed all the same tests
510
00:31:26,635 --> 00:31:30,012
that were prepared
for male candidates
511
00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:31,932
of the Mercury program.
512
00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:34,350
If we send someone into space...
513
00:31:34,351 --> 00:31:35,476
AVIATOR
514
00:31:35,477 --> 00:31:37,394
...must be the most qualified.
515
00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:38,479
Women weigh less
516
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,690
It's less weight, food and oxygen,
and they would go up in the same propellant.
517
00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:43,902
They would go higher,
would stay in the air for longer.
518
00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:46,321
The women did very well.
519
00:31:46,863 --> 00:31:50,200
They did much better
in cardiopulmonary tests
520
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:52,368
and in the sensory deprivation test.
521
00:31:52,369 --> 00:31:55,871
But if you found women
more qualified than you,
522
00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:57,833
how would you receive them in the program?
523
00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:01,461
They would be most welcome.
524
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:03,879
WOMEN WANT
BEING PILOTS IN SPACE
525
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,549
Few people spoke out
against women...
526
00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:08,175
THERE IS ROOM IN SPACE FOR US
527
00:32:08,176 --> 00:32:10,804
...but eventually
the program was cancelled.
528
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,853
The Soviets got there first.
529
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:21,314
They sent the first satellite,
Sputnik.
530
00:32:22,691 --> 00:32:24,817
They sent the first
human to space.
531
00:32:24,818 --> 00:32:25,901
MAN GOES TO SPACE
532
00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:28,029
They sent the first
woman in space,
533
00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:29,865
Valentina Tereshkova.
534
00:32:30,866 --> 00:32:34,202
But for a long time, the U.S.
They weren't ready for a woman.
535
00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:39,623
Sally, is there anyone here at NASA
who is not yet convinced
536
00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:42,126
that women have a place
in the space program?
537
00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:43,252
SPACE CENTER
538
00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:46,714
I think there are people waiting
to see how I get on.
539
00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:48,175
I'll put it this way.
540
00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:51,552
STS-2 MISSION
NOVEMBER 12, 1981
541
00:32:51,553 --> 00:32:55,681
After just one year of training,
Sally was chosen as Capcom in STS-2.
542
00:32:55,682 --> 00:32:58,351
UNITED STATES
543
00:33:01,771 --> 00:33:04,065
This is a privileged position,
544
00:33:04,232 --> 00:33:08,320
the only person in the control room
talking to astronauts in space.
545
00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:10,030
We heard you loud and clear.
546
00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:13,658
And we copy your comments
over RMS and it looks great.
547
00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:14,868
Okay.
548
00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:16,661
It's a big responsibility.
549
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:20,624
And on that particular mission,
there were some problems.
550
00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:25,253
During the mission, the signs
heating system have been damaged.
551
00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:29,090
Well, the beginning of this journey
It was pretty intense.
552
00:33:29,216 --> 00:33:31,051
And we have flakes passing by the window.
553
00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:35,554
Heating plates are the only
thing that protects the space shuttle
554
00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:37,891
when he returns
is the Earth's atmosphere.
555
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,477
No heating plates
enough, it explodes.
556
00:33:41,061 --> 00:33:43,146
So, some changes are coming.
557
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:47,775
But you don't want me to mention the changes
until we pass through the United States.
558
00:33:47,776 --> 00:33:48,860
That's right.
559
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,779
We want to analyze a little more
560
00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,240
the camera problem.
561
00:33:54,449 --> 00:33:55,492
Okay.
562
00:33:57,452 --> 00:33:59,579
The plan is stopped here, folks.
563
00:34:00,497 --> 00:34:03,959
You understand that we lost the camera.
564
00:34:04,918 --> 00:34:07,045
Same failure.
The circuit breaker is tripped.
565
00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,757
There was growing frustration
in the control room.
566
00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:12,968
Lives were at stake.
567
00:34:13,093 --> 00:34:15,302
Good life.
568
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:17,264
We need to decide what we are going to do.
569
00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,933
Capcom, tell them to abort
the approximation test.
570
00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:22,059
- Okay.
- Then we treat
571
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,062
of circuit breakers
and we restart the systems.
572
00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:27,816
We have data to analyze,
So let's do this.
573
00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:30,568
She wanted to prove
who could handle the pressure.
574
00:34:31,111 --> 00:34:34,114
Columbia, Houston, while
we investigated the camera problem,
575
00:34:34,281 --> 00:34:36,657
give us the specification one
of a CNG machine,
576
00:34:36,658 --> 00:34:38,201
and let's start with that.
577
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:42,247
She did very well as Capcom.
578
00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:43,914
She was articulate.
579
00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:47,919
She was good under pressure.
Intelligent, worked hard.
580
00:34:48,712 --> 00:34:49,838
Hi, mom!
581
00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:51,965
And funny.
582
00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:57,721
You were the first female Capcom.
583
00:34:58,179 --> 00:35:00,806
Were you scared? Did you like it?
What were you thinking at the time?
584
00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:04,351
It was fun. After flying,
585
00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:06,313
This is the best function here.
586
00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:10,066
It was a great honor
587
00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:12,736
be the person who talks
with the crew.
588
00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:16,781
And I was scared to death.
589
00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:29,836
This one,
I don't remember what year it was,
590
00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:35,091
but that's Billie Jean King,
the fabulous tennis player, and Sally.
591
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,346
I met Sally there at the beginning.
592
00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:42,097
She loved sports. I loved tennis.
593
00:35:42,098 --> 00:35:43,183
TENNIS CHAMPION
594
00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:46,936
She was a camp counselor
at Tennis America.
595
00:35:47,854 --> 00:35:51,358
Tennis America era
a really cool tennis camp
596
00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,526
that Billie Jean King started.
597
00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:57,404
Sally was the best tennis player
among all children
598
00:35:57,405 --> 00:36:01,785
and camp counselors, and they
they became friends for life.
599
00:36:03,036 --> 00:36:04,953
It was a spectacular career.
600
00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,123
Billie Jean King did
by women's tennis
601
00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:09,125
what Muhammad Ali did for boxing.
602
00:36:09,459 --> 00:36:14,130
She won Wimbledon 20 times
and 13 US Open titles.
603
00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:17,174
I have a lot of respect
for her as a person.
604
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,344
I think she did a lot
by women
605
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:22,764
e is a person who expresses himself
articulately about things.
606
00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:24,307
I admire her a lot.
607
00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:26,893
Sally grew up watching
to Billie Jean,
608
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:30,188
listening to her support girls and women.
609
00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:36,027
Sally learned how to be
a champion with Billie Jean.
610
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:41,157
And then, Billie Jean's life
turned upside down.
611
00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:45,036
Bille Jean King is sued
for alimony
612
00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,329
by a woman who claims
have been your lover
613
00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:48,415
for several years.
614
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:51,875
Last week, Billie Jean King
told us about her lesbian affair.
615
00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:55,714
The giggles were heard around the world.
The media was thrilled with the story.
616
00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:58,382
The tennis star admitted
at a press conference
617
00:36:58,383 --> 00:37:02,095
who had an affair
a few years ago with his secretary.
618
00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:06,349
When that came to light,
I lost all sponsorships immediately.
619
00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:09,519
And that was it. I had to start over.
620
00:37:10,311 --> 00:37:12,355
I paid a fortune
for lawyers and...
621
00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:16,025
I started over financially
and in every way.
622
00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:18,444
Tennis star Billie Jean King
was removed
623
00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:21,072
of your advertising campaign
of vitamins.
624
00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:23,157
My mother used to say:
625
00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:25,577
"Billie Jean, don't forget
of your vitamins."
626
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:29,789
It was downhill for many years.
627
00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:31,958
�.
628
00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:38,798
Any reputable gay person
629
00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:40,507
I would have to think twice.
630
00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:42,468
"Look what happened
with Billie Jean."
631
00:37:42,469 --> 00:37:45,638
It kind of served as a warning.
632
00:37:48,141 --> 00:37:51,268
Sally probably thought:
"I'm not going that way.
633
00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:53,312
My God, if that happened
with Billie,
634
00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:56,357
what will happen
if I say something on this show?"
635
00:37:57,817 --> 00:37:59,234
Being in the closet,
636
00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:04,073
everything you do
It is measured and careful,
637
00:38:05,074 --> 00:38:08,203
and you have to decide
what to say and what not to say.
638
00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:10,455
It's exhausting.
639
00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:14,459
You can never reveal too much of yourself.
640
00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:41,528
Astronauts Sally Ride and Steve Hawley
got married last month in Salina, Kansas.
641
00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,072
They kept the news secret
see you this week.
642
00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:50,161
Steve's father and Sally's sister,
both ministers, performed the ceremony.
643
00:38:50,703 --> 00:38:52,579
I only found out after it happened.
644
00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:54,832
Steve didn't notice
that they were going to get married
645
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:56,084
until they got married.
646
00:38:57,210 --> 00:39:00,922
We were surprised when
Sally said they were getting married.
647
00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:04,759
I had never imagined
Sally getting married,
648
00:39:04,884 --> 00:39:06,219
but it happened.
649
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,222
It was an unusual wedding,
to say the least.
650
00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,557
They were both in white,
white jeans.
651
00:39:11,558 --> 00:39:15,227
SPACE COUPLE GETS MARRIED
652
00:39:15,228 --> 00:39:17,230
Take one, sound 21.
653
00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:21,651
My name is Steve Hawley.
I'm from Salina, Kansas.
654
00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:22,943
I'm Steve Hawley.
655
00:39:22,944 --> 00:39:24,653
ASTRONAUT
656
00:39:24,654 --> 00:39:28,949
I was a member of the class of 1978,
space shuttle astronaut,
657
00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:30,492
Sally too.
658
00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:31,953
We were classmates.
659
00:39:32,662 --> 00:39:35,874
I would say our relationship
It was never traditional.
660
00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:39,502
So much because of our personalities
as well as our jobs.
661
00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:42,212
When two astronauts get married,
662
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:44,923
It's different than two teachers
or lawyers?
663
00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:46,466
Do you take work home?
664
00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:48,468
I think teachers
They talk about teaching.
665
00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:52,098
We talk about flight rules,
flight performance reservations,
666
00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:54,975
ISPs, performance
of solid fuel rockets
667
00:39:54,976 --> 00:39:57,270
and matters like that.
But it's because we like it.
668
00:39:57,687 --> 00:40:00,356
She had a great sense of humor.
She was athletic.
669
00:40:00,773 --> 00:40:04,819
I was a little worried
of not being able to keep up with Sally.
670
00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:09,448
MADE IN THE HEAVENS
671
00:40:09,449 --> 00:40:12,534
It didn't sit well with me.
It didn't feel right.
672
00:40:12,535 --> 00:40:13,619
TAM'S VOICE
673
00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:15,747
It just didn't look like Sally.
674
00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:21,711
My first thought was:
"Great marketing move.
675
00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:25,632
This will yield
Great photos for the media.
676
00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:29,427
Young beautiful astronaut couple.
As the costume dictates."
677
00:40:29,636 --> 00:40:32,263
What is your idea
Have a great night at home?
678
00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:35,016
- That's easy.
- �.
679
00:40:35,183 --> 00:40:37,601
In front of the television with, basically,
680
00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:39,186
our brains shut down.
681
00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,396
Yeah, it's so rare, I guess,
682
00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:44,316
let us have the chance
of being together with nothing to do,
683
00:40:44,317 --> 00:40:48,029
we enjoyed the moments a lot
where we do absolutely nothing.
684
00:40:49,656 --> 00:40:52,241
I can't say for sure that I know
685
00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:56,955
what motivated her
wanting to go ahead and get married.
686
00:40:57,997 --> 00:40:59,123
At the time, I thought:
687
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:01,542
"Great. I want that too."
688
00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:04,711
It seemed, to me,
that we were getting married
689
00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:05,838
in good faith.
690
00:41:06,923 --> 00:41:11,928
She may have felt pressured,
in case anyone thought she was gay.
691
00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:17,642
I don't know what the mix is
her reasons.
692
00:41:19,185 --> 00:41:21,771
It may have been...
NASA was barely prepared for women,
693
00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:23,272
they are not prepared for this.
694
00:41:24,190 --> 00:41:26,234
Once, a close friend
asked Sally:
695
00:41:26,359 --> 00:41:28,736
"You had a sexual relationship
with Molly?"
696
00:41:29,362 --> 00:41:31,781
She said:
"Molly wanted to, but I didn't."
697
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:36,077
She was on a tightrope.
698
00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:41,833
It was a very good strategy
find someone inside the club.
699
00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:47,088
It would be useful for her.
This would fulfill another requirement.
700
00:41:53,553 --> 00:41:54,846
Our. Okay.
701
00:41:56,764 --> 00:42:02,478
Sally sent me some cute notes.
702
00:42:02,770 --> 00:42:03,980
Look at this one.
703
00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:08,776
"Dear Tam, while I was playing
with trigonometric identities,
704
00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:13,990
I decided to solve the problem
red plus green equals yellow.
705
00:42:14,741 --> 00:42:15,950
It works.”
706
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:24,876
And she really did the math
to show how to get to yellow.
707
00:42:25,084 --> 00:42:26,836
Red plus green equals yellow.
708
00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:32,800
"Isn't physics wonderful? You are.
With love, crazy physics."
709
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,596
That note is Sally's face.
710
00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:38,723
It's simply fabulous.
711
00:42:43,478 --> 00:42:48,149
SELECTION DAY
APRIL 19, 1982
712
00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:52,528
One day,
George Abbey called a meeting.
713
00:42:53,446 --> 00:42:55,531
Ken, can you open that door
back there?
714
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:01,788
And he announced the crew of STS-7.
715
00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:09,045
Four names were announced.
There was a silent reaction.
716
00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:14,509
There were rumors
that Judy would be chosen,
717
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:17,553
but George Abbey thought Judy
718
00:43:17,678 --> 00:43:20,932
I liked the spotlight too much,
and Sally didn't care about that.
719
00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:25,770
And he convinced the others
that it must be Sally.
720
00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:31,609
It took four years of training,
preparing us for that moment.
721
00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:34,237
And it was then that George Abbey
722
00:43:34,695 --> 00:43:37,907
told me I would be the first
American woman going to space.
723
00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:50,378
I was numb
and I don't even remember how I felt.
724
00:43:51,087 --> 00:43:53,714
I know they
They wouldn't let us tell anyone.
725
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,842
I just remember walking around
stunned by John Fabian
726
00:43:56,843 --> 00:43:59,719
most of the day, as he
He was as stunned as I was.
727
00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:00,888
That's all I remember.
728
00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:04,433
It was a feeling
of unbelievable joy.
729
00:44:05,601 --> 00:44:08,813
Sally and I were the first
of our class flying.
730
00:44:10,106 --> 00:44:13,025
She earned that position
on the first flight.
731
00:44:13,860 --> 00:44:16,696
The balance she had
in personality,
732
00:44:16,988 --> 00:44:20,408
the seriousness with which he took
their responsibilities,
733
00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:22,994
your knowledge of the systems.
734
00:44:23,703 --> 00:44:25,954
Dr. Ride, what does it mean to you?
735
00:44:25,955 --> 00:44:28,749
this achievement of going to space?
736
00:44:28,916 --> 00:44:31,209
This is something
that I eagerly awaited
737
00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:33,587
four years ago,
since I arrived at NASA.
738
00:44:33,588 --> 00:44:37,257
And it is the culmination of the work I come
doing since I got here.
739
00:44:37,258 --> 00:44:38,466
LIVE FROM HOUSTON
740
00:44:38,467 --> 00:44:41,554
And I'm extremely excited
for being able to do this.
741
00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:45,600
SIX MONTHS BEFORE LAUNCH
742
00:44:53,065 --> 00:44:56,318
It will be the seventh space shuttle mission,
but it will also be the first,
743
00:44:56,319 --> 00:44:59,321
because on board you will be
the first American female astronaut,
744
00:44:59,322 --> 00:45:01,240
a woman named Sally Ride.
745
00:45:02,658 --> 00:45:05,285
The 30-year-old astrophysicist
carry out experiments
746
00:45:05,286 --> 00:45:08,998
aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
The first American in space.
747
00:45:22,303 --> 00:45:24,096
I flew a lot with Sally.
748
00:45:24,764 --> 00:45:27,058
Sally was an excellent pilot.
749
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:30,478
I once asked Sally
if she would go with me.
750
00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:35,691
We flew over the Gulf of Mexico.
We did all the stunts.
751
00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:39,736
Things like turning your head
down and then dive
752
00:45:39,737 --> 00:45:41,905
towards the Earth and exit underneath,
753
00:45:41,906 --> 00:45:46,994
It's called the Split S maneuver,
making a full circle.
754
00:45:48,496 --> 00:45:51,040
And Sally would say, "Uhul!"
755
00:45:52,833 --> 00:45:56,087
It was natural for her.
No training needed.
756
00:46:15,731 --> 00:46:18,526
What do you like about flying?
Is it the freedom it brings?
757
00:46:18,651 --> 00:46:21,152
It's a feeling of being
a little above everything,
758
00:46:21,153 --> 00:46:24,615
to be able to see a lot,
and having the wind blowing in your face.
759
00:46:24,740 --> 00:46:26,742
It really is a feeling of euphoria.
760
00:46:39,422 --> 00:46:41,173
- Are you excited?
- Very.
761
00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:45,260
George Abbey said that,
After your selection,
762
00:46:45,261 --> 00:46:47,721
they assessed your ability
to deal with stress
763
00:46:47,722 --> 00:46:49,639
to be the first woman.
764
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,934
- Do you think you can do it?
- I hope so.
765
00:46:57,690 --> 00:46:58,774
Roll one.
766
00:46:59,358 --> 00:47:04,947
Packing for the bus
space, boxes, whatever.
767
00:47:07,992 --> 00:47:11,661
In preparation for Sally's flight,
The question arose:
768
00:47:11,662 --> 00:47:14,707
"Are there problems with being a woman?
Have we thought of everything?”
769
00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:23,132
There was a very conventional set
of items in men's kits.
770
00:47:25,134 --> 00:47:26,260
ANTIPERSPIRANT
771
00:47:26,761 --> 00:47:30,848
But what should go
in the equivalent kit for a woman?
772
00:47:31,766 --> 00:47:33,516
Sally was the first woman
773
00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:35,978
evaluating what they call
of crew equipment.
774
00:47:37,938 --> 00:47:40,607
They knew that a man
I would want a shaving kit.
775
00:47:40,608 --> 00:47:43,568
But they didn't know
what an astronaut would carry.
776
00:47:43,569 --> 00:47:46,697
So NASA engineers,
in your infinite wisdom...
777
00:47:49,367 --> 00:47:50,785
designed a makeup kit.
778
00:47:51,744 --> 00:47:54,371
A makeup kit brought to you
by NASA engineers.
779
00:47:54,372 --> 00:47:55,538
LIPSTICK
EYELINER
780
00:47:55,539 --> 00:47:56,623
COMPACT CREAMY BLUSH
781
00:47:56,624 --> 00:47:58,083
BLUSH QUARTZ LIPSTICK
782
00:47:58,084 --> 00:48:02,213
And they asked how many pads
it was needed for a week-long flight.
783
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,799
She sees one of those kits
personal hygiene,
784
00:48:05,341 --> 00:48:08,551
and it's a small canvas bag with a spring.
785
00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:10,179
She opens it.
786
00:48:10,304 --> 00:48:12,806
He asked me:
"Did I get it right by putting 100?"
787
00:48:12,807 --> 00:48:15,892
I said, "No, you didn't."
788
00:48:15,893 --> 00:48:20,189
Sally would pull them out of there like those
toy snakes that jumped out of the box.
789
00:48:21,399 --> 00:48:24,026
The six of us, for about six months,
790
00:48:24,193 --> 00:48:26,821
we didn't use it
all the tampons that were there.
791
00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,327
May 24, 1983.
792
00:48:33,869 --> 00:48:38,082
Pre-flight crew. Press conference.
Roll one. Audio one.
793
00:48:39,417 --> 00:48:43,002
Good afternoon. It's a great pleasure
see so many people here.
794
00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:44,379
ONE MONTH BEFORE LAUNCH
795
00:48:44,380 --> 00:48:46,589
I thought this flight was already common
796
00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:48,759
and that we wouldn't have
such a large audience.
797
00:48:49,093 --> 00:48:51,303
But I know why
most of you are here.
798
00:48:54,807 --> 00:48:56,559
Sally, why don't you tell us
799
00:48:56,684 --> 00:48:59,353
about some of the experiments
Who is commanding?
800
00:48:59,603 --> 00:49:02,648
Well, we will begin in-orbit operations
801
00:49:02,773 --> 00:49:04,024
on the first day of flight.
802
00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:08,863
The only bad moments
of the training involved the press.
803
00:49:09,029 --> 00:49:11,281
They didn't care
with how prepared I was
804
00:49:11,282 --> 00:49:14,326
to operate the arm
or deploy communications satellites.
805
00:49:14,994 --> 00:49:19,373
They wanted to know things
which I thought were irrelevant.
806
00:49:21,375 --> 00:49:24,044
Sally,
Have you gotten used to the idea?
807
00:49:24,170 --> 00:49:28,339
traveling with four men
in such a tight space?
808
00:49:28,340 --> 00:49:30,092
And do they tend to give you preference?
809
00:49:30,217 --> 00:49:34,513
They continue to be gentlemen
When are they with you in training?
810
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,764
I didn't need time to get used to it.
811
00:49:36,765 --> 00:49:41,395
I didn't feel like I was given preference
in any way.
812
00:49:41,937 --> 00:49:44,690
In fact, the Crip didn't even
opens more doors for me.
813
00:49:45,357 --> 00:49:47,025
I learned that pretty quickly, Morgan.
814
00:49:47,026 --> 00:49:49,069
Dr. Ride, do you have plans to be
815
00:49:49,195 --> 00:49:51,947
The first mother to travel to space?
816
00:49:52,531 --> 00:49:57,285
And Dr. Thagard,
Is there any reason to worry
817
00:49:57,286 --> 00:50:00,414
with the effects of travel
space in fertility?
818
00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:04,210
Go ahead, Norm.
819
00:50:05,544 --> 00:50:07,379
I'm not worried.
820
00:50:08,923 --> 00:50:10,715
Jerry Henderson, Time magazine.
821
00:50:10,716 --> 00:50:14,970
Dr. Ride, a few quick questions,
sir... I mean, ma'am.
822
00:50:16,138 --> 00:50:18,474
What are your plans
after this flight ends?
823
00:50:18,599 --> 00:50:21,392
Do you feel like you will become
a footnote in history
824
00:50:21,393 --> 00:50:22,977
Or will you be sidelined?
825
00:50:22,978 --> 00:50:25,146
What are your future plans
after this flight?
826
00:50:25,147 --> 00:50:27,107
Are you going to cancel your subscription to Time?
827
00:50:28,108 --> 00:50:31,654
Dr. Ride, during
training exercises,
828
00:50:32,071 --> 00:50:35,365
as part of this group,
when a problem appeared,
829
00:50:35,366 --> 00:50:38,201
a strange error occurred
or something like that,
830
00:50:38,202 --> 00:50:42,164
How did you react? Did you cry? You...
831
00:50:42,331 --> 00:50:43,374
What did you do?
832
00:50:46,210 --> 00:50:48,629
Why doesn't anyone ask Rick this?
833
00:50:51,173 --> 00:50:52,424
The commander cries.
834
00:50:55,386 --> 00:50:59,306
I don't react any differently
than anyone else on the team.
835
00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:04,562
Something more from Washington?
836
00:51:10,609 --> 00:51:13,612
- Okay. Ready?
- Yes.
837
00:51:13,779 --> 00:51:16,072
Molly,
You are very good friends with Sally Ride.
838
00:51:16,073 --> 00:51:18,325
They lived together during college.
839
00:51:18,450 --> 00:51:20,744
It's the first time
Are you going to attend a launch?
840
00:51:21,537 --> 00:51:23,580
Well, I watched some on television.
841
00:51:23,581 --> 00:51:25,958
But it will be the first time
that I will be there.
842
00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:27,793
Sally invited me to the launch.
843
00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:30,712
And there were several wonderful events
844
00:51:30,713 --> 00:51:33,507
for friends
and the families of astronauts.
845
00:51:33,674 --> 00:51:37,303
And I was there
with my girlfriend at the time,
846
00:51:37,595 --> 00:51:38,804
and it was a lot of fun.
847
00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:41,932
And then someone handed me a note.
848
00:51:42,308 --> 00:51:46,395
It said, "Sally wants you to come
have lunch with her at the beach house."
849
00:51:47,396 --> 00:51:48,981
There was a hand-drawn map.
850
00:51:49,315 --> 00:51:51,984
The suggestion was:
"Don't tell anyone,
851
00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:54,445
no one can see them right now."
852
00:51:56,655 --> 00:51:59,032
They wanted to guarantee
that I wouldn't bring germs,
853
00:51:59,033 --> 00:52:00,241
and I had a medical exam.
854
00:52:00,242 --> 00:52:03,787
And then I was taken
to the inner sanctuary.
855
00:52:04,204 --> 00:52:08,167
And this was my chance to see
Sally with the other astronauts.
856
00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:12,338
And she was well integrated.
857
00:52:13,714 --> 00:52:16,967
They exuded a kind
of silent confidence, you know?
858
00:52:17,092 --> 00:52:20,721
A kind of humility
that you want your heroes to have.
859
00:52:22,848 --> 00:52:25,643
And she showed me the flight suit,
860
00:52:25,768 --> 00:52:28,270
her room and things like that.
861
00:52:30,397 --> 00:52:31,732
And she said:
862
00:52:32,316 --> 00:52:36,195
"I know the risks of this trip.
I might die."
863
00:52:37,154 --> 00:52:39,739
It was one of the few times in our lives
864
00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:42,201
that she showed me
their vulnerability.
865
00:52:43,410 --> 00:52:47,289
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE LAUNCH
866
00:52:49,458 --> 00:52:51,626
The night before the launch,
867
00:52:51,627 --> 00:52:54,545
Sally told me she was
scared, I was scared.
868
00:52:54,546 --> 00:52:55,631
TAM'S VOICE
869
00:52:55,923 --> 00:52:58,508
And what a former astronaut told her
870
00:52:58,509 --> 00:53:03,055
that if you are not afraid,
You don't know what's about to happen.
871
00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:08,601
So she was fully aware
that it would be assembled
872
00:53:08,602 --> 00:53:12,397
tons of rocket fuel
that were exploding beneath her.
873
00:53:12,398 --> 00:53:13,899
Anything could happen.
874
00:53:16,110 --> 00:53:17,486
The night before a flight,
875
00:53:17,653 --> 00:53:19,988
you look to the north,
the west and the south,
876
00:53:20,114 --> 00:53:24,201
and see the lights of the cars
arriving at Cabo.
877
00:53:25,077 --> 00:53:26,537
Are coming to see you fly,
878
00:53:26,787 --> 00:53:29,081
and you hope they don't see you fall.
879
00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:35,546
Your most talked about attribute
It's your peace of mind.
880
00:53:36,046 --> 00:53:37,881
Have you ever cracked under pressure?
881
00:53:39,550 --> 00:53:41,844
Not that I remember,
but at the same time,
882
00:53:41,969 --> 00:53:44,762
I've never been under pressure like this.
883
00:53:44,763 --> 00:53:45,972
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
884
00:53:45,973 --> 00:53:48,767
Have you had any moments of doubt?
885
00:53:50,644 --> 00:53:53,313
No.
Maybe when they close the hatch
886
00:53:53,439 --> 00:53:54,940
and start the engines
887
00:53:55,858 --> 00:53:59,903
I change my mind, but now
I can't wait to go.
888
00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:02,029
- Then it will be too late.
- Yes, it will be.
889
00:54:02,030 --> 00:54:03,323
- It will be too late.
- Yes.
890
00:54:06,994 --> 00:54:12,124
LAUNCH DAY
891
00:54:22,968 --> 00:54:25,637
Good morning. It's a beautiful day, and today
892
00:54:25,763 --> 00:54:28,223
It's the day Sally Ride
goes down in history.
893
00:54:28,849 --> 00:54:32,227
Many proud people,
especially women,
894
00:54:32,394 --> 00:54:36,190
are ready to watch
She is the first American to go to space.
895
00:54:37,065 --> 00:54:40,485
There were about half a million people
896
00:54:40,486 --> 00:54:43,489
at the Kennedy Space Center
and the surrounding areas
897
00:54:43,655 --> 00:54:45,156
to watch the event.
898
00:54:45,157 --> 00:54:50,287
And many brought their daughters,
little daughters, and even babies.
899
00:54:56,168 --> 00:54:58,337
Sally could invite
50 friends and family,
900
00:54:58,795 --> 00:55:02,841
so she invited the people
from Stanford, from tennis,
901
00:55:03,008 --> 00:55:07,304
and Gloria Steinem,
Jane Fonda and me.
902
00:55:08,555 --> 00:55:11,892
It was unbelievable.
I get goosebumps when I remember.
903
00:55:13,936 --> 00:55:18,941
On the day of launch,
There was a lot going on.
904
00:55:19,107 --> 00:55:22,818
I had to try really hard
to keep me focused
905
00:55:22,819 --> 00:55:28,283
because it was very easy
be distracted at that moment.
906
00:55:30,786 --> 00:55:33,956
The crew is coming,
with Commander Bob Crippen at the front.
907
00:55:35,791 --> 00:55:38,168
The crew will
to the launch pad.
908
00:55:40,671 --> 00:55:43,632
On the platform,
Sally would have looked at that vehicle.
909
00:55:43,799 --> 00:55:47,302
There is an exciting moment
when you are there,
910
00:55:47,427 --> 00:55:48,886
the steam around the bus.
911
00:55:48,887 --> 00:55:52,933
One of those moments when you think:
"Oh my God, I'm really going to do it."
912
00:55:53,809 --> 00:56:00,399
Looking and seeing a huge rocket
with a sound similar to that of an animal.
913
00:56:00,566 --> 00:56:02,817
You can hear the gurgle
and the hiss,
914
00:56:02,818 --> 00:56:04,778
and it looked like it was alive.
915
00:56:05,237 --> 00:56:09,032
Countdown in two hours,
916
00:56:09,157 --> 00:56:11,535
five minutes,
30 seconds and counting.
917
00:56:11,660 --> 00:56:13,412
Control center
of the space shuttle.
918
00:56:14,162 --> 00:56:16,748
- Ready for that special day.
- Yes. A beautiful day.
919
00:56:17,291 --> 00:56:18,500
A beautiful rocket.
920
00:56:18,750 --> 00:56:21,920
The commander and the pilot
will have the seats adjusted
921
00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:24,881
and placed in the correct position
for release.
922
00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:27,467
The mission specialist,
Dr. Sally Ride,
923
00:56:27,593 --> 00:56:32,180
complete preparations
to join the orbiter.
924
00:56:33,098 --> 00:56:35,976
One hour to go, 30 minutes,
and counting.
925
00:56:36,184 --> 00:56:39,354
The five members
of the flight crew are on board.
926
00:56:39,521 --> 00:56:42,482
Okay, the last pilot
is on the port side.
927
00:56:42,649 --> 00:56:45,152
The closing of the hatch
is complete.
928
00:56:46,236 --> 00:56:51,950
As soon as we entered the space shuttle,
we adjust our belts and wait,
929
00:56:52,159 --> 00:56:57,247
we await the countdown
get closer and closer to zero...
930
00:56:59,374 --> 00:57:02,294
I started to get distracted,
and to concentrate,
931
00:57:02,669 --> 00:57:06,340
I thought about the most banal things.
932
00:57:07,341 --> 00:57:09,176
Where is my pencil?
933
00:57:09,635 --> 00:57:12,803
I don't think it's exactly
where it should.
934
00:57:12,804 --> 00:57:14,014
I'm going to move it a little.
935
00:57:19,311 --> 00:57:21,521
Three minutes, 25 seconds left.
936
00:57:21,730 --> 00:57:24,274
Checking the main engines
is in progress.
937
00:57:24,816 --> 00:57:28,278
Two minutes left,
15 seconds and counting.
938
00:57:28,403 --> 00:57:31,406
The main engines were moved
to the starting position.
939
00:57:35,410 --> 00:57:40,040
In ten, nine, eight, seven, six.
940
00:57:40,207 --> 00:57:43,543
Ignition of the main engine.
Main engine on.
941
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:45,921
Given ignition.
942
00:57:46,588 --> 00:57:47,880
Takeoff confirmed!
943
00:57:47,881 --> 00:57:52,344
The STS-7 takes off with the first
American astronaut.
944
00:57:52,636 --> 00:57:54,763
And the space shuttle leaves the tower.
945
00:57:57,641 --> 00:58:00,768
- Understood, Challenger.
- Houston now in control.
946
00:58:00,769 --> 00:58:03,605
The control room confirms
that the maneuvers began.
947
00:58:06,066 --> 00:58:08,068
Twenty seconds.
Thrust seems good.
948
00:58:21,415 --> 00:58:22,624
This is so much fun.
949
00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:29,631
For a few seconds, the entire crew
she was completely moved.
950
00:58:29,756 --> 00:58:31,966
Confirming the separation
of the rocket propellant.
951
00:58:31,967 --> 00:58:33,719
The thruster is falling now.
952
00:58:35,429 --> 00:58:37,681
It was a feeling of great euphoria.
953
00:58:39,516 --> 00:58:43,186
The space shuttle Challenger
went to space once again,
954
00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:46,273
and Sally Ride came in
for the history books.
955
00:58:46,690 --> 00:58:48,859
Gloria, that was so exciting!
956
00:58:51,486 --> 00:58:53,988
I was in the stands
watching the launch.
957
00:58:53,989 --> 00:58:55,364
VOICE OF GLORIA STEINEM
958
00:58:55,365 --> 00:58:58,117
There were several people
with tears in my eyes.
959
00:58:58,118 --> 00:59:01,913
People I would never have imagined.
A great diversity of people.
960
00:59:02,080 --> 00:59:06,918
But everyone was very moved
with the human audacity of it.
961
00:59:39,785 --> 00:59:42,370
There is no one way to train
to become weightless.
962
00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:47,000
it's so far from the experience
a person's daily life
963
00:59:47,292 --> 00:59:50,629
that even after listening
the other astronauts describing,
964
00:59:50,796 --> 00:59:53,632
I had no idea
how to prepare for that.
965
00:59:54,257 --> 00:59:55,634
But I discovered that,
966
00:59:55,759 --> 00:59:59,596
even though it took an hour
to get used to the movement,
967
00:59:59,763 --> 01:00:02,390
I adapted very quickly.
968
01:00:03,433 --> 01:00:06,644
Challenger,Houston already has
a good picture of Norm and Sally.
969
01:00:06,645 --> 01:00:09,147
Okay, Houston.
Everything is fine on board.
970
01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:12,025
Understood. We copy,
and you look good to us too.
971
01:00:13,068 --> 01:00:14,986
I loved not having weight.
972
01:00:16,404 --> 01:00:19,658
It's a feeling of freedom.
It's really a cool feeling.
973
01:00:26,832 --> 01:00:27,916
Good evening, Norm.
974
01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:30,460
Good evening, Sally.
975
01:00:31,461 --> 01:00:32,546
Good evening.
976
01:00:39,386 --> 01:00:42,931
When I was little,
I've always dreamed of going to space.
977
01:00:46,017 --> 01:00:50,021
And, unbelievably,
That dream came true.
978
01:00:53,984 --> 01:00:56,319
I don't know how to explain
Why did I want this.
979
01:00:57,279 --> 01:00:59,197
It was something that was part of me.
980
01:01:01,867 --> 01:01:04,077
I had the chance to float
to the window
981
01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:06,955
and look at the Earth below...
982
01:01:09,541 --> 01:01:11,835
for that spectacular view...
983
01:01:13,587 --> 01:01:16,673
I could see the coral reefs
off the coast of Australia.
984
01:01:18,842 --> 01:01:21,428
I could see
the glaciers in the Himalayas.
985
01:01:25,307 --> 01:01:29,895
That feeling of seeing
your planet as a planet
986
01:01:30,061 --> 01:01:32,147
it was a wonderful feeling.
987
01:01:33,690 --> 01:01:36,234
You can look
to the Earth's horizon and see
988
01:01:36,651 --> 01:01:39,446
a very royal blue line,
very thin.
989
01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:42,240
And you realize
which is the Earth's atmosphere,
990
01:01:42,407 --> 01:01:44,075
and that's just it.
991
01:01:45,535 --> 01:01:48,371
And which is as thick as down
of a tennis ball.
992
01:01:49,664 --> 01:01:51,666
� a perspective
totally different.
993
01:01:52,626 --> 01:01:56,087
And makes you appreciate
the fragility of existence.
994
01:02:00,467 --> 01:02:04,720
It really changed her, seeing that
There are no borders between countries,
995
01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:07,974
just the imaginary lines
of humanity.
996
01:02:09,976 --> 01:02:11,353
From that perspective,
997
01:02:11,561 --> 01:02:14,481
all tribal fears
we have about race,
998
01:02:15,482 --> 01:02:19,903
gender, nationality,
who we love,
999
01:02:21,363 --> 01:02:24,491
all arbitrary restrictions
that we impose on ourselves
1000
01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:28,328
and each other,
they don't mean anything.
1001
01:02:31,915 --> 01:02:34,501
Sally was having so much fun.
1002
01:02:36,252 --> 01:02:39,213
And at the same time,
I was probably worried
1003
01:02:39,214 --> 01:02:40,924
with what would happen later.
1004
01:02:49,474 --> 01:02:50,934
This is the control center.
1005
01:02:51,518 --> 01:02:56,982
The Challenger entered the atmosphere
at around 120,000 meters above sea level.
1006
01:03:01,695 --> 01:03:05,031
Houston, Challenger, loud and clear.
Descending with ease.
1007
01:03:05,991 --> 01:03:07,033
Well done, Crip.
1008
01:03:10,578 --> 01:03:13,498
I will repeat it once again.
What a way to get to California.
1009
01:03:16,459 --> 01:03:18,586
Let's do it again,
anytime.
1010
01:03:32,434 --> 01:03:35,729
Sally landed,
and everyone was a little staggering,
1011
01:03:35,895 --> 01:03:38,898
because they were in microgravity
seven days ago.
1012
01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:43,236
Steve was there to meet her.
1013
01:03:45,447 --> 01:03:46,822
The moment we landed,
1014
01:03:46,823 --> 01:03:51,369
I practically gave in
with an avalanche of media people.
1015
01:03:51,494 --> 01:03:53,204
Wear your seat belt, please.
1016
01:03:54,039 --> 01:03:56,624
Someone hands Sally a bouquet.
1017
01:03:58,293 --> 01:04:01,087
She returns it, it explodes in the media.
1018
01:04:01,254 --> 01:04:03,088
SALLY RIDE DOES NOT ACCEPT BOXES
1019
01:04:03,089 --> 01:04:04,506
RIDE REJECTS NASA'S BUQU�
1020
01:04:04,507 --> 01:04:07,843
She was saying: I'm not a wife,
I'm a member of the crew.
1021
01:04:07,844 --> 01:04:09,053
BOUQUET REJECTED
1022
01:04:09,054 --> 01:04:10,597
Welcome back, STS-7.
1023
01:04:10,764 --> 01:04:12,307
You can't let your guard down.
1024
01:04:12,474 --> 01:04:15,560
Anyone who catches you
doing something a little inappropriate
1025
01:04:16,186 --> 01:04:18,396
see it as a chance
to transform
1026
01:04:18,521 --> 01:04:20,482
what you made into a headline.
1027
01:04:20,607 --> 01:04:23,192
We were Sally and the other four.
1028
01:04:23,193 --> 01:04:26,321
The press didn't want to know about us.
We knew it would be like this.
1029
01:04:26,529 --> 01:04:28,490
We knew that history
it would be Sally Ride.
1030
01:04:29,199 --> 01:04:31,910
After that flight,
everyone wanted a piece of me.
1031
01:04:32,327 --> 01:04:34,787
She was the most famous person
of the planet for a while.
1032
01:04:34,788 --> 01:04:36,080
WHAT A TRIP!
1033
01:04:36,081 --> 01:04:37,373
THE SPACE WOMAN
1034
01:04:37,791 --> 01:04:39,833
NASA didn't prepare me
1035
01:04:39,834 --> 01:04:43,045
to deal with the media
when I got back.
1036
01:04:43,046 --> 01:04:44,339
It was quite a surprise.
1037
01:04:44,464 --> 01:04:47,550
Dr. Sally Ride and the crew
are in the White House
1038
01:04:47,675 --> 01:04:49,594
for lunch with
President Reagan.
1039
01:04:49,719 --> 01:04:52,430
This is Dr. Sally Ride Day.
1040
01:04:52,555 --> 01:04:55,934
Throwing the first ball
for today's World Series game.
1041
01:04:56,059 --> 01:04:59,728
She was going to give lectures,
visit schools, visit companies.
1042
01:04:59,729 --> 01:05:01,856
It was crazy.
1043
01:05:12,075 --> 01:05:15,161
I met women
who started crying when they met me,
1044
01:05:15,286 --> 01:05:17,872
and that was really
overwhelming for me.
1045
01:05:19,958 --> 01:05:23,128
This took a lot out of her and she was
starting to feel anxious.
1046
01:05:23,461 --> 01:05:26,755
Sally, like it or not,
You are an example for many young women
1047
01:05:26,756 --> 01:05:27,924
across the country.
1048
01:05:28,341 --> 01:05:30,802
Does this make you feel uncomfortable?
1049
01:05:30,969 --> 01:05:34,806
I think it's important that girls
1050
01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:37,559
and young women have a role model to follow.
So,
1051
01:05:37,725 --> 01:05:38,977
I think it's appropriate.
1052
01:05:39,686 --> 01:05:41,228
She decided to see a therapist,
1053
01:05:41,229 --> 01:05:44,357
and she had never considered
this before.
1054
01:05:44,858 --> 01:05:46,192
She was famous,
1055
01:05:46,317 --> 01:05:49,612
But I tried to hide from it
as much as I could.
1056
01:05:50,488 --> 01:05:53,615
NASA said:
"Crip, you and Sally need
1057
01:05:53,616 --> 01:05:55,451
go to The Bob Hope Show."
1058
01:05:55,743 --> 01:05:58,704
I'm a military man, and when I get paid
a task, I complete it.
1059
01:05:58,705 --> 01:06:00,623
I expected her to do the same.
1060
01:06:01,624 --> 01:06:04,586
Bob Hope did
Lots of jokes about women.
1061
01:06:04,711 --> 01:06:06,503
I actually like this role.
1062
01:06:06,504 --> 01:06:10,425
Sally didn't want to be part of it
of that. Then she disappeared.
1063
01:06:15,138 --> 01:06:20,268
Being the first has nothing to do with
just with the joy of flight.
1064
01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:23,104
It also has to do with
with the obligations that that brings.
1065
01:06:23,229 --> 01:06:25,356
Captain Robert Crippen is here.
1066
01:06:25,982 --> 01:06:28,443
I didn't think it was right to accept
the good parts
1067
01:06:28,651 --> 01:06:31,404
but not wanting to accept
the most difficult parts.
1068
01:06:32,906 --> 01:06:36,201
I didn't know where she was,
but it was how she handled the situation.
1069
01:06:36,701 --> 01:06:38,036
She just walked away.
1070
01:06:43,958 --> 01:06:45,501
Sally came to Atlanta.
1071
01:06:46,502 --> 01:06:50,131
At the time I lived there,
I was studying biology.
1072
01:06:53,384 --> 01:06:56,221
Me and Sally went out
for dinner, we sat
1073
01:06:56,346 --> 01:06:57,680
and we talked.
1074
01:06:58,681 --> 01:07:02,267
Sally and I, since we were children,
We always like to meet.
1075
01:07:02,268 --> 01:07:04,854
There has always been
good chemistry between us.
1076
01:07:06,689 --> 01:07:10,525
After that, whenever she came
to Atlanta to do something,
1077
01:07:10,526 --> 01:07:13,238
She would call me and we would do something together.
1078
01:07:13,780 --> 01:07:17,116
We ran to the park,
we took tennis lessons,
1079
01:07:17,575 --> 01:07:19,285
We went to pizzerias, whatever.
1080
01:07:20,370 --> 01:07:24,290
We saw each other nine times
in two months.
1081
01:07:27,961 --> 01:07:32,090
Then one day in the spring of 1985,
1082
01:07:32,632 --> 01:07:34,884
we went to my apartment.
1083
01:07:35,885 --> 01:07:39,222
I had a Cocker Spaniel, Annie,
1084
01:07:39,973 --> 01:07:42,558
and I bent down to say hi to Annie,
1085
01:07:43,434 --> 01:07:46,479
and I felt a hand on my back.
1086
01:07:47,814 --> 01:07:52,318
It was something different, like,
a friend usually wouldn't do that.
1087
01:07:53,444 --> 01:07:56,071
And then, I looked at her.
1088
01:07:56,072 --> 01:08:01,077
She had a dreamy look,
passionate, on the face, in the eyes.
1089
01:08:05,498 --> 01:08:08,835
At that moment,
I noticed that I felt the same thing,
1090
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:11,212
but I was kind of surprised.
1091
01:08:12,213 --> 01:08:16,634
And I remember saying to Sally:
"Wow, we're in trouble."
1092
01:08:17,343 --> 01:08:18,927
And she said:
1093
01:08:18,928 --> 01:08:21,389
"We don't need to be,
We don't have to do this."
1094
01:08:22,390 --> 01:08:25,685
And then we kissed, and that was it.
1095
01:08:47,582 --> 01:08:51,461
And I said, "You're married.
What are we doing?"
1096
01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,255
And Sally said:
1097
01:08:54,380 --> 01:08:58,301
"I'm not in love with him,
I'm in love with you."
1098
01:09:00,887 --> 01:09:02,930
She always did what she wanted to do,
1099
01:09:03,056 --> 01:09:04,974
even before we got married.
1100
01:09:05,933 --> 01:09:08,603
I worked in Florida,
and spent the whole week there.
1101
01:09:09,187 --> 01:09:10,562
I called her and said:
1102
01:09:10,563 --> 01:09:13,482
"I think we've arrived
At seven o'clock on Friday night.
1103
01:09:13,483 --> 01:09:17,820
Instead of her saying:
"That's good, I missed you," she said:
1104
01:09:18,071 --> 01:09:21,199
"Well, I'm going to travel,
I'm going to California."
1105
01:09:23,076 --> 01:09:25,787
Maybe it's none of my business,
But are you thinking about having children?
1106
01:09:26,412 --> 01:09:28,288
I think sometimes, but you're right.
1107
01:09:28,289 --> 01:09:30,082
- It's none of your business.
- All good.
1108
01:09:30,083 --> 01:09:33,336
We have decided not to respond
personal questions.
1109
01:09:34,629 --> 01:09:36,547
She always did
things her way.
1110
01:09:37,090 --> 01:09:42,220
So the fact that she travels a lot
It wasn't uncommon.
1111
01:09:43,388 --> 01:09:48,476
We weren't partners for life.
We were more like roommates.
1112
01:09:50,061 --> 01:09:53,898
She would tell Steve, "I'm going away."
1113
01:09:54,023 --> 01:09:56,359
And they didn't talk about it.
1114
01:09:56,526 --> 01:10:00,196
But they were still married,
so she had to be careful.
1115
01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:02,699
It was a last minute thing.
1116
01:10:03,991 --> 01:10:05,326
Whenever the phone rang,
1117
01:10:05,493 --> 01:10:08,788
my heart was beating fast,
and I ran to the phone.
1118
01:10:09,997 --> 01:10:12,166
I wanted to know everything about
her life,
1119
01:10:12,667 --> 01:10:16,170
your deepest secrets,
You know, every corner.
1120
01:10:17,922 --> 01:10:23,594
Sally drove from Houston
in his red Fiero whenever he could.
1121
01:10:25,596 --> 01:10:27,598
One time, she came in a T-38.
1122
01:10:28,474 --> 01:10:32,895
I saw that jet land.
1123
01:10:33,521 --> 01:10:36,232
- It was a good flight, Sally.
- Thanks.
1124
01:10:38,109 --> 01:10:40,527
We had a relationship
It's away.
1125
01:10:40,528 --> 01:10:43,238
So we spent weeks alone,
1126
01:10:43,239 --> 01:10:45,657
living our separate lives.
1127
01:10:45,658 --> 01:10:48,327
So when we were together,
it was very intense.
1128
01:10:59,088 --> 01:11:02,717
I took her to my lab
at Georgia State University,
1129
01:11:02,842 --> 01:11:05,094
and I made her look under the microscope.
1130
01:11:05,845 --> 01:11:09,682
I was analyzing samples
of different types of fungi.
1131
01:11:11,184 --> 01:11:13,060
They are fascinating.
1132
01:11:13,227 --> 01:11:16,814
Like penicillium,
which looks like a tiny plant,
1133
01:11:17,064 --> 01:11:18,858
but it is microscopic.
1134
01:11:20,359 --> 01:11:25,490
I was there alone with her,
in that little laboratory.
1135
01:11:26,741 --> 01:11:29,869
And I felt like
to hug her and kiss her.
1136
01:11:30,244 --> 01:11:33,331
So I got closer, and she...
1137
01:11:33,456 --> 01:11:35,708
she was worried
that someone could enter,
1138
01:11:35,833 --> 01:11:37,042
but I didn't want to stop.
1139
01:11:37,043 --> 01:11:40,087
I kept going towards her,
and she went backwards.
1140
01:11:40,213 --> 01:11:44,884
"Tam, don't do that. You know.
Come on." And I kept going.
1141
01:11:57,897 --> 01:12:01,275
I loved doing that with her.
I did it in elevators.
1142
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:02,776
If we were swimming in the sea,
1143
01:12:02,777 --> 01:12:06,197
I dived and grabbed
her foot or something.
1144
01:12:07,114 --> 01:12:10,159
I loved doing it
feel uncomfortable,
1145
01:12:10,326 --> 01:12:11,577
but in a fun way.
1146
01:12:11,744 --> 01:12:13,371
It was a pleasure.
1147
01:12:22,421 --> 01:12:24,464
My birthday is on January 27th.
1148
01:12:24,465 --> 01:12:29,971
And Sally came to Atlanta to spend
the weekend and be together.
1149
01:12:31,180 --> 01:12:35,685
And she flew back to Houston
on January 28th.
1150
01:12:37,478 --> 01:12:39,313
I was on a commercial plane.
1151
01:12:39,730 --> 01:12:42,775
The pilot announced to the passengers
1152
01:12:42,942 --> 01:12:44,735
that an accident had occurred.
1153
01:12:45,862 --> 01:12:49,239
Sally went to the pilot's cabin
1154
01:12:49,240 --> 01:12:52,743
and asked if he could stay there
and listen to the news.
1155
01:12:53,286 --> 01:12:59,458
- Five, four, three, two, one.
- And it took off!
1156
01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:04,463
The 25th space shuttle mission
took off and the tower was released.
1157
01:13:05,673 --> 01:13:08,301
This is the Challenger,
scrolling program.
1158
01:13:08,759 --> 01:13:12,763
Understood, roll, Challenger.
Challenger, go ahead and speed up.
1159
01:13:13,347 --> 01:13:14,932
Continuing with acceleration.
1160
01:13:29,572 --> 01:13:32,700
Control center, negative contact,
we lost the data link.
1161
01:13:37,705 --> 01:13:38,873
- Control.
- You can talk.
1162
01:13:38,998 --> 01:13:40,875
The RSO reports
that the vehicle exploded.
1163
01:13:43,711 --> 01:13:47,757
This is the control room in Houston.
We have nothing to say at this time.
1164
01:13:52,929 --> 01:13:55,473
As soon as I saw that,
I knew we lost the crew.
1165
01:13:59,101 --> 01:14:04,982
Judy was in the middle seat,
between the pilot and co-pilot.
1166
01:14:07,109 --> 01:14:10,363
Sally also sat in the middle,
on her flights.
1167
01:14:12,907 --> 01:14:16,327
Mission specialist Judy Resnik
36 years old, she was a veteran,
1168
01:14:16,452 --> 01:14:19,246
and his task was to operate
the mechanical arm of the space shuttle.
1169
01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:23,500
These were people
who I knew for eight years.
1170
01:14:23,501 --> 01:14:25,627
I worked with them every day.
1171
01:14:25,628 --> 01:14:27,880
I went to dinner at their house,
1172
01:14:28,005 --> 01:14:30,091
and they were all very close friends.
1173
01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:32,885
Sally was devastated.
1174
01:14:33,386 --> 01:14:34,553
She was...
1175
01:14:35,972 --> 01:14:39,100
pale as paper and very sad.
1176
01:14:40,559 --> 01:14:43,938
And Judy was a big part
the reason for your sadness.
1177
01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:48,358
And it was especially tragic
find out later
1178
01:14:48,359 --> 01:14:52,613
that there was a long history
of near misses.
1179
01:14:54,073 --> 01:14:56,408
The special panel
appointed by President Reagan
1180
01:14:56,409 --> 01:14:58,910
to investigate
the space shuttle disaster
1181
01:14:58,911 --> 01:15:01,122
began his work
in Washington today.
1182
01:15:01,664 --> 01:15:04,458
The 12-member panel
includes Neil Armstrong,
1183
01:15:04,583 --> 01:15:09,213
the first to go to the Moon, and Sally Ride,
the first American in space.
1184
01:15:10,172 --> 01:15:12,549
- Commission, please be silent.
- Ready?
1185
01:15:12,550 --> 01:15:15,511
You swear that the testimony
what will give is the truth...
1186
01:15:15,928 --> 01:15:16,928
NASA OFFICIAL
1187
01:15:16,929 --> 01:15:18,805
...nothing but the truth,
May God help you?
1188
01:15:18,806 --> 01:15:19,889
I swear.
1189
01:15:19,890 --> 01:15:21,558
You had the opportunity to come back
1190
01:15:21,559 --> 01:15:24,477
and analyze records
warranty and check
1191
01:15:24,478 --> 01:15:27,272
if they were signed
adequately and appropriately?
1192
01:15:27,273 --> 01:15:30,568
It's in progress.
This is in progress now.
1193
01:15:31,068 --> 01:15:33,446
It was a very,
very difficult.
1194
01:15:33,904 --> 01:15:35,989
I was living
one day at a time
1195
01:15:35,990 --> 01:15:39,577
and trying hard to overcome
the difficulties we had to overcome.
1196
01:15:40,161 --> 01:15:41,786
The biggest problem for engineers
1197
01:15:41,787 --> 01:15:44,915
It's that they couldn't prove
that the flight was safe.
1198
01:15:45,041 --> 01:15:46,416
- No.
- You had the data
1199
01:15:46,417 --> 01:15:48,043
to make sure it was safe...
1200
01:15:48,044 --> 01:15:49,502
- No.
- ...at that temperature?
1201
01:15:49,503 --> 01:15:56,009
What I did was recite the data
that we had available.
1202
01:15:56,010 --> 01:15:59,095
That's what Dr. Ride pointed out.
They say it's not conclusive.
1203
01:15:59,096 --> 01:16:02,850
They don't say, "We think it's safe."
They just say that the data is inconclusive.
1204
01:16:02,975 --> 01:16:05,770
And you say the data
are conclusive for you.
1205
01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:10,191
Sally asked the difficult questions,
1206
01:16:10,316 --> 01:16:13,444
and pressured NASA leadership,
no rest.
1207
01:16:14,278 --> 01:16:18,782
And then a NASA engineer
passed her in the hallway
1208
01:16:18,783 --> 01:16:22,410
gave Sally the data sheet
which showed that NASA knew
1209
01:16:22,411 --> 01:16:28,042
that the rubber rings were resilient
only above temperatures of 10 degrees,
1210
01:16:28,167 --> 01:16:31,378
and the Challenger was launched
by 2.2 degrees.
1211
01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:36,216
And NASA tried to hide the fact
that they knew it.
1212
01:16:36,217 --> 01:16:38,928
There shouldn't be a criteria
to authorize the launch
1213
01:16:39,053 --> 01:16:40,762
for seals or gasket...
1214
01:16:40,763 --> 01:16:42,806
- I don't...
- ...in relation to the temperature?
1215
01:16:42,807 --> 01:16:46,727
I prefer to reserve my judgment
about this until we determine
1216
01:16:46,852 --> 01:16:48,812
whether there should be or not.
1217
01:16:48,813 --> 01:16:51,315
That's where I want to get to. There wasn't one,
1218
01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:53,817
but it doesn't seem like you
have data to know
1219
01:16:53,818 --> 01:16:55,527
whether there should be one or not,
1220
01:16:55,528 --> 01:16:57,947
and if there should be one,
which one should it be?
1221
01:16:59,448 --> 01:17:01,117
This is a correct statement.
1222
01:17:05,037 --> 01:17:09,249
Astronauts have
a lot of trust and faith in NASA
1223
01:17:09,250 --> 01:17:12,086
to minimize risks
to fly in space.
1224
01:17:13,087 --> 01:17:16,507
And it became very clear
that the system has actually failed.
1225
01:17:17,466 --> 01:17:22,011
Sally Ride spoke for the first time
about your personal reaction to the accident
1226
01:17:22,012 --> 01:17:24,014
which interrupted space flights.
1227
01:17:24,306 --> 01:17:28,060
I was disturbed.
I'm not ready to fly again.
1228
01:17:29,186 --> 01:17:32,690
I think there are very few astronauts
ready to fly now.
1229
01:17:33,941 --> 01:17:35,066
Broken her heart
1230
01:17:35,067 --> 01:17:37,820
because NASA wasn't
what she thought it was.
1231
01:17:39,238 --> 01:17:40,321
LYNN SHERR'S VOICE
1232
01:17:40,322 --> 01:17:41,866
It was the beginning of the end for her.
1233
01:17:43,993 --> 01:17:47,872
Today, the first American woman in space
resigned from the space agency.
1234
01:17:48,164 --> 01:17:51,749
She says NASA's deficiencies
became "cruelly" evident
1235
01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:53,878
after the Challenger disaster
last year.
1236
01:17:54,670 --> 01:17:57,965
And this announcement arrives just
a few weeks after Ride and her husband,
1237
01:17:58,090 --> 01:18:00,092
astronaut Steve Hawley,
get divorced.
1238
01:18:02,386 --> 01:18:05,096
When she told me
that I no longer wanted to be married,
1239
01:18:05,097 --> 01:18:09,268
It was a strange combination
of surprise and a little relief.
1240
01:18:09,393 --> 01:18:12,688
I don't know for how long
I would have been able to continue...
1241
01:18:15,733 --> 01:18:17,443
in that relationship we had.
1242
01:18:19,278 --> 01:18:21,530
Sally didn't want it anymore
work at NASA,
1243
01:18:21,697 --> 01:18:24,074
and I wanted to work at NASA.
1244
01:18:24,241 --> 01:18:25,450
So I thought:
1245
01:18:25,451 --> 01:18:28,787
"Okay. Well, that's because
We no longer have a common future."
1246
01:18:29,121 --> 01:18:31,916
But I found out later
that it was more than that.
1247
01:18:33,667 --> 01:18:35,961
One day, Bear's husband called me.
1248
01:18:36,086 --> 01:18:40,799
He was dealing
with the fact that Bear is gay
1249
01:18:41,508 --> 01:18:44,887
and I wanted to know if I knew
that Sally was gay.
1250
01:18:46,889 --> 01:18:48,557
I suspected, but I didn't know.
1251
01:18:49,516 --> 01:18:52,352
And I think it was
his phone call that...
1252
01:18:52,353 --> 01:18:54,146
"Okay. Yeah, I guess that's true."
1253
01:18:54,730 --> 01:18:58,192
And I still didn't know,
at that moment,
1254
01:18:58,317 --> 01:19:00,110
How long had that been happening?
1255
01:19:02,655 --> 01:19:07,868
Sally knew what she wanted
and would try to achieve or do.
1256
01:19:08,494 --> 01:19:11,704
Rules can be an inconvenience,
1257
01:19:11,705 --> 01:19:14,166
but they were not an impediment.
1258
01:19:15,209 --> 01:19:17,044
And that's how she was.
1259
01:19:22,216 --> 01:19:24,968
After NASA,
Sally and I wanted to be together,
1260
01:19:24,969 --> 01:19:28,597
but Sally wanted to look
a position at university,
1261
01:19:28,931 --> 01:19:32,393
and the University of California
in San Diego he offered her a great position.
1262
01:19:33,102 --> 01:19:37,773
At that time, I was preparing
to begin a doctorate in Atlanta.
1263
01:19:38,274 --> 01:19:41,651
We decided to live a few more years,
1264
01:19:41,652 --> 01:19:44,405
we hoped that only three,
long-distance relationship.
1265
01:19:46,740 --> 01:19:50,286
But a few weeks later,
Sally called me and said:
1266
01:19:50,577 --> 01:19:55,207
"I can't take this distance anymore.
I want to live with you full time."
1267
01:19:56,208 --> 01:19:57,835
I had to think about it.
1268
01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:04,049
I was excited about my PhD,
but I was also excited about Sally.
1269
01:20:08,804 --> 01:20:12,558
So I moved
to her home in La Jolla.
1270
01:20:18,022 --> 01:20:21,150
It was very important
We started living together.
1271
01:20:28,490 --> 01:20:32,995
We woke up together every day
and we took trails in the mountains,
1272
01:20:34,246 --> 01:20:36,165
we had a lot of fun.
1273
01:20:38,167 --> 01:20:43,005
Our relationship seemed peaceful
during these great moments.
1274
01:20:45,883 --> 01:20:50,595
Sally and I love science,
but the girls were,
1275
01:20:50,596 --> 01:20:54,223
and are still less encouraged today
to become scientists
1276
01:20:54,224 --> 01:20:55,559
and engineers.
1277
01:20:56,018 --> 01:20:58,019
We thought
that if more girls grew up
1278
01:20:58,020 --> 01:21:02,191
with an interest in science like us,
the world would be a better place.
1279
01:21:03,817 --> 01:21:06,987
So, we founded the company,
Sally Ride Science, in 2001.
1280
01:21:08,113 --> 01:21:12,493
We want to change the culture
about women and girls in STEM.
1281
01:21:12,910 --> 01:21:16,330
We're trying to create programs,
activities, competitions
1282
01:21:16,705 --> 01:21:18,499
to capture their enthusiasm.
1283
01:21:19,041 --> 01:21:23,253
Sally wanted to do everything in her power
to make it a success.
1284
01:21:23,379 --> 01:21:27,800
She became more open to talking
with more people, talk to children.
1285
01:21:28,634 --> 01:21:32,887
Sally Ride Science was a huge success
and we had great sponsorships.
1286
01:21:32,888 --> 01:21:34,680
SPONSORED BY EXXONMOBIL
1287
01:21:34,681 --> 01:21:37,017
I need to start by thanking
Exxonmobil.
1288
01:21:37,142 --> 01:21:42,648
But Sally worried about how
open would be about our relationship.
1289
01:21:43,232 --> 01:21:46,944
If sponsors knew
that two women ran the company
1290
01:21:47,069 --> 01:21:50,864
and that they were both lesbians, you know...
1291
01:21:52,241 --> 01:21:55,119
She feared that
could ruin our company.
1292
01:21:56,537 --> 01:21:59,665
People leak information
and it just happens.
1293
01:22:00,416 --> 01:22:01,625
Things get scattered.
1294
01:22:02,584 --> 01:22:06,255
Sally was very cautious
with the press for this reason.
1295
01:22:06,505 --> 01:22:09,216
I started Sally Ride Science
about eight years ago
1296
01:22:09,341 --> 01:22:12,219
with Karen and Tam,
as you know.
1297
01:22:12,553 --> 01:22:14,388
When she was married to Steve,
1298
01:22:14,596 --> 01:22:19,393
she was seen kissing him
and holding his hand in public.
1299
01:22:20,561 --> 01:22:23,604
These were things
that she didn't feel comfortable
1300
01:22:23,605 --> 01:22:24,857
doing to me.
1301
01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:28,110
You have to contain yourself
1302
01:22:28,235 --> 01:22:30,612
when you're with someone
that you love very much.
1303
01:22:31,572 --> 01:22:33,657
And you want to sit
next to that person.
1304
01:22:33,866 --> 01:22:36,534
You want to hold her hand.
He wants to touch her face.
1305
01:22:36,535 --> 01:22:37,870
You want to kiss her.
1306
01:22:39,163 --> 01:22:43,167
It's the fear that being gay,
to be who you are,
1307
01:22:43,459 --> 01:22:47,087
will affect your work,
your opportunities, our company.
1308
01:22:47,212 --> 01:22:48,255
So...
1309
01:22:50,382 --> 01:22:52,092
the world is not always kind.
1310
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:02,436
Sally was afraid
than people would think,
1311
01:23:02,728 --> 01:23:06,231
especially your colleagues,
your friends,
1312
01:23:06,482 --> 01:23:09,109
how that would change
the way they think about it.
1313
01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:13,029
But I wanted them to know
that we were a couple.
1314
01:23:13,030 --> 01:23:15,699
I didn't want to feel uncomfortable.
1315
01:23:17,159 --> 01:23:19,620
I wanted the relationship
was validated.
1316
01:23:21,288 --> 01:23:26,168
Keep our love
and our life together in secret
1317
01:23:26,585 --> 01:23:29,004
it was more difficult for me
than for Sally.
1318
01:23:31,673 --> 01:23:33,467
It just consumed me.
1319
01:23:37,304 --> 01:23:38,889
I love these photos.
1320
01:23:39,139 --> 01:23:44,811
My friend took these photos
very cute of me and Sally.
1321
01:23:45,062 --> 01:23:47,814
You know, a lot of couples,
when they start dating,
1322
01:23:47,940 --> 01:23:50,442
there are many photos
that take from each other
1323
01:23:50,609 --> 01:23:51,860
during that time.
1324
01:23:51,985 --> 01:23:53,445
�. We never did that.
1325
01:23:53,612 --> 01:23:58,033
I mean, I wish I had more photos
of the incredible moments of our lives.
1326
01:24:04,122 --> 01:24:05,999
When I was about twenty
and few years...
1327
01:24:07,668 --> 01:24:11,964
In my early twenties, I was
more open than I was with Sally.
1328
01:24:12,839 --> 01:24:16,677
I have always been open and honest
with my closest friends, my family.
1329
01:24:17,511 --> 01:24:19,596
And there was a little hole in me
1330
01:24:19,763 --> 01:24:25,936
where I didn't like to have
I had to hide that part of who I was.
1331
01:24:27,896 --> 01:24:32,234
That just destroyed me.
It broke my heart. I closed myself off.
1332
01:24:33,485 --> 01:24:37,154
I loved her more than anything,
but for a few months,
1333
01:24:37,155 --> 01:24:39,241
I seriously thought about leaving Sally.
1334
01:24:41,410 --> 01:24:44,079
I took a trip to Atlanta
just to get away from it.
1335
01:24:45,080 --> 01:24:49,209
And I thought a lot
about having another life.
1336
01:24:49,543 --> 01:24:53,171
What would I do, what would it be like
not being around Sally.
1337
01:24:54,381 --> 01:24:58,884
I called her every day
and she didn't talk much.
1338
01:24:58,885 --> 01:25:02,222
She was cold. It was horrible.
1339
01:25:04,099 --> 01:25:05,684
That was the worst moment.
1340
01:25:07,477 --> 01:25:09,061
Many people don't understand
1341
01:25:09,062 --> 01:25:12,316
what does it mean to fall in love
by someone like Sally.
1342
01:25:14,234 --> 01:25:16,777
Some of the features
who made her the woman
1343
01:25:16,778 --> 01:25:19,114
capable of breaking
the highest glass ceiling
1344
01:25:19,531 --> 01:25:22,075
they also made it difficult
to relate.
1345
01:25:27,164 --> 01:25:30,834
Sally couldn't share
with the people closest to her...
1346
01:25:32,753 --> 01:25:34,463
not even with your sister, Bear.
1347
01:25:36,757 --> 01:25:39,926
Here's Bear, Sally's sister,
who is two years younger.
1348
01:25:40,636 --> 01:25:44,264
Sally and Tam lived together
a long time ago, and one could assume.
1349
01:25:45,474 --> 01:25:47,768
We had meals
with family on holidays,
1350
01:25:47,934 --> 01:25:51,313
and Sally and Tam came
and baked a pie.
1351
01:25:51,438 --> 01:25:54,900
But Sally just...
never talked about it.
1352
01:25:56,026 --> 01:25:58,820
I was a Presbyterian minister,
just like my wife,
1353
01:25:59,279 --> 01:26:01,657
and we assume
when we were together.
1354
01:26:02,741 --> 01:26:05,077
But as a result of coming out,
1355
01:26:05,285 --> 01:26:08,121
Susan and I lost
our church jobs.
1356
01:26:09,122 --> 01:26:11,333
Bear wanted to talk to Sally
about Susan
1357
01:26:13,001 --> 01:26:17,130
and I also wanted to talk to Sally
about Sally and me.
1358
01:26:17,881 --> 01:26:21,468
And then Sally said:
"Tam, please, will you talk to Bear?"
1359
01:26:22,761 --> 01:26:25,347
I said, "Why don't you speak
with your sister?
1360
01:26:25,972 --> 01:26:30,352
You are with a woman. So does she.
Talk to her. She is your sister."
1361
01:26:32,145 --> 01:26:34,481
I didn't understand that.
It didn't make sense.
1362
01:26:39,403 --> 01:26:44,741
When I returned from the trip,
Sally said she needed to talk.
1363
01:26:45,409 --> 01:26:47,953
She said she was worried
with our relationship,
1364
01:26:48,120 --> 01:26:51,039
that things were changing,
and that scared her.
1365
01:26:51,748 --> 01:26:53,166
That hit her hard.
1366
01:26:53,500 --> 01:26:56,752
She didn't want us to break up
spending most of the time
1367
01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:59,965
in separate rooms,
doing separate things.
1368
01:27:01,591 --> 01:27:03,719
We were having an intense conversation.
1369
01:27:04,094 --> 01:27:07,347
We weren't fighting,
It wasn't that, but it was a debate.
1370
01:27:07,472 --> 01:27:10,015
And she was standing with her foot straight,
1371
01:27:10,016 --> 01:27:13,019
and suddenly she just
rises up on tiptoe,
1372
01:27:13,145 --> 01:27:16,230
and it made me laugh,
I started laughing.
1373
01:27:16,231 --> 01:27:18,608
It was so cute and so different.
1374
01:27:19,609 --> 01:27:22,070
I realized I loved Sally,
1375
01:27:22,362 --> 01:27:25,031
and maybe there was a way
to resolve that.
1376
01:27:26,324 --> 01:27:29,244
Sally told me that she always
wanted me to be happy,
1377
01:27:30,120 --> 01:27:33,831
and we agreed that we needed
find a better balance
1378
01:27:33,832 --> 01:27:36,960
between what I needed
and what she needed.
1379
01:27:39,880 --> 01:27:42,382
We couldn't change
the way the world saw us,
1380
01:27:42,507 --> 01:27:44,175
but we loved each other a lot,
1381
01:27:44,176 --> 01:27:47,554
and we wanted to be together
in joy and in sadness.
1382
01:27:53,310 --> 01:27:56,313
We were happy together
for many, many years.
1383
01:27:56,772 --> 01:28:01,818
And then, in 2011, Sally and I were
to San Francisco for a conference.
1384
01:28:02,194 --> 01:28:05,780
We were in a hotel,
and Sally didn't want dinner.
1385
01:28:05,781 --> 01:28:07,741
She said she wasn't
feeling good,
1386
01:28:07,908 --> 01:28:10,869
and I noticed that your cheeks
they were slightly yellowed.
1387
01:28:11,077 --> 01:28:12,996
That scared me a lot.
1388
01:28:14,206 --> 01:28:15,915
So as soon as we got back,
1389
01:28:15,916 --> 01:28:18,752
We went straight to the doctor's office.
1390
01:28:20,337 --> 01:28:23,340
And I kept thinking:
"She's sick, but it's not serious."
1391
01:28:24,299 --> 01:28:26,718
But then I saw her leaving
from the doctor's office,
1392
01:28:26,843 --> 01:28:28,345
and that expression...
1393
01:28:28,720 --> 01:28:31,097
I knew something was very wrong.
1394
01:28:31,681 --> 01:28:33,767
And... Oh my goodness.
1395
01:28:37,103 --> 01:28:39,856
And I said, "What did he say?"
1396
01:28:40,816 --> 01:28:43,109
And she said:
"He thinks I have cancer.
1397
01:28:44,069 --> 01:28:46,696
Pancreatic cancer.
There's a tumor on my pancreas."
1398
01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:55,372
In one second,
our life has completely changed.
1399
01:28:58,917 --> 01:29:02,504
We looked like zombies.
It was a huge shock.
1400
01:29:12,305 --> 01:29:16,226
She underwent extensive surgery,
chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
1401
01:29:17,394 --> 01:29:20,564
But she always remained optimistic.
1402
01:29:21,606 --> 01:29:23,024
She was always Sally.
1403
01:29:31,408 --> 01:29:36,329
As the cancer progressed,
she became increasingly ill.
1404
01:29:38,415 --> 01:29:43,962
Every week, she lost something,
the ability to go up and down stairs.
1405
01:29:54,431 --> 01:29:57,475
Tam was incredible
during that time with Sally...
1406
01:29:59,144 --> 01:30:00,937
as committed as possible.
1407
01:30:11,823 --> 01:30:14,284
I loved Neil Young
1408
01:30:14,910 --> 01:30:19,039
and that song, "Harvest Moon."
I played it sometimes
1409
01:30:19,164 --> 01:30:22,750
and made Sally dance with me
in the living room.
1410
01:30:22,751 --> 01:30:27,213
And it was so... She was...
She had lost weight and was weak.
1411
01:30:37,807 --> 01:30:41,728
She was very cute.
His blue eyes were still intense.
1412
01:30:54,491 --> 01:30:57,619
It was simply wonderful
be with her.
1413
01:31:18,932 --> 01:31:21,601
We both just wanted to be
as close as possible.
1414
01:31:22,602 --> 01:31:25,897
We were arm in arm
upon entering the hospital.
1415
01:31:27,023 --> 01:31:29,192
The nurse asked me:
"Who are you?"
1416
01:31:30,026 --> 01:31:32,112
And Sally said:
"She is my companion."
1417
01:31:32,946 --> 01:31:36,658
It just came out of her mouth.
1418
01:31:38,243 --> 01:31:41,036
Hospitals said
that if you weren't family,
1419
01:31:41,037 --> 01:31:42,622
I couldn't see the patient.
1420
01:31:43,164 --> 01:31:45,250
Sally was very
worried about that.
1421
01:31:46,418 --> 01:31:49,713
We wish we had taken advantage
the opportunity to get married,
1422
01:31:49,838 --> 01:31:55,343
but we then decided to enter
in the stable union request.
1423
01:31:58,805 --> 01:32:01,682
It was almost like being married.
1424
01:32:01,683 --> 01:32:05,729
It was really fun
see our subscriptions
1425
01:32:05,854 --> 01:32:08,064
on that silly little piece of paper.
1426
01:32:10,358 --> 01:32:12,318
Wow, that took me back.
1427
01:32:19,534 --> 01:32:25,665
Sally died in July 2012,
17 months after diagnosis.
1428
01:32:31,337 --> 01:32:33,048
It was a crazy day.
1429
01:32:33,465 --> 01:32:36,300
I didn't want to deal with the coroner,
so I asked Bear,
1430
01:32:36,301 --> 01:32:40,096
You know, I don't want to see her
being taken away.
1431
01:32:40,597 --> 01:32:44,851
I went out and sat on our patio and,
suddenly,
1432
01:32:45,435 --> 01:32:49,606
I heard a helicopter circling
about our house.
1433
01:32:50,523 --> 01:32:51,941
And cars were arriving.
1434
01:32:52,233 --> 01:32:55,779
And there was a cameraman there
with a camera.
1435
01:32:57,322 --> 01:32:59,073
We said goodbye with sadness.
1436
01:32:59,074 --> 01:33:01,451
A real
American pioneer died today.
1437
01:33:01,618 --> 01:33:03,535
Pioneering astronaut Sally Ride
1438
01:33:03,536 --> 01:33:05,746
lost the battle
against pancreatic cancer.
1439
01:33:05,747 --> 01:33:07,582
She was 61 years old.
1440
01:33:07,916 --> 01:33:09,708
Ride was a very private person.
1441
01:33:09,709 --> 01:33:13,713
It was only after reading his obituary
which became public
1442
01:33:13,838 --> 01:33:16,131
that Ride had
a 27-year relationship
1443
01:33:16,132 --> 01:33:17,299
with your partner.
1444
01:33:17,300 --> 01:33:19,928
IN ADDITION TO TAM O'SHAUGHNESSY,
YOUR PARTNER OF 27 YEARS,
1445
01:33:21,930 --> 01:33:24,681
I found out about Tam
just like the rest of the world,
1446
01:33:24,682 --> 01:33:26,101
in the obituary.
1447
01:33:26,351 --> 01:33:30,814
I was furious with her. Furious!
How dare she not tell me?
1448
01:33:31,564 --> 01:33:33,149
And then I felt really bad.
1449
01:33:34,275 --> 01:33:40,573
It's bad for society to have done someone
that we admire, love and respect
1450
01:33:40,990 --> 01:33:43,451
feeling like I needed to hide something
about herself.
1451
01:33:45,912 --> 01:33:51,876
About a month before she passed away,
It was clear that the end was near.
1452
01:33:52,752 --> 01:33:56,256
We never talk about death, funeral,
We never use those words.
1453
01:33:57,048 --> 01:34:00,844
But I thought, "Wait a second.
Who will I be to the world?"
1454
01:34:02,053 --> 01:34:04,263
"Who will I be to the people
who don't know
1455
01:34:04,264 --> 01:34:06,808
that we were together and loved each other?"
1456
01:34:07,684 --> 01:34:09,853
She kind of thought about everything, and said...
1457
01:34:11,229 --> 01:34:15,150
"You decide.
Whatever you decide will be fine."
1458
01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:20,613
So when I wrote the obituary,
I thought, "You know what?
1459
01:34:20,905 --> 01:34:22,657
Sally was an honest person,
1460
01:34:22,782 --> 01:34:26,911
except for this small faint area,
and that's not right."
1461
01:34:27,537 --> 01:34:30,372
I am an honest person,
and I'm tired of hiding.
1462
01:34:30,373 --> 01:34:34,042
I'm going to be myself.
If someone doesn't like it, tough luck.
1463
01:34:34,043 --> 01:34:38,213
TAM O'SHAUGHNESSY,
YOUR COMPANION FOR 27 YEARS
1464
01:34:38,214 --> 01:34:40,925
It was a liberation for all of us.
1465
01:34:42,010 --> 01:34:47,347
Tam should be recognized
for who she was in relation to Sally,
1466
01:34:47,348 --> 01:34:49,934
as well as in relation to our family.
1467
01:34:56,357 --> 01:35:02,739
I will read an unbelievable letter
which I received from Mike Mullane.
1468
01:35:03,698 --> 01:35:05,325
"I know it's a little late,
1469
01:35:05,575 --> 01:35:09,454
but I wanted to express
My sincere condolences on your loss.
1470
01:35:10,663 --> 01:35:13,540
I arrived at the Astronaut Office
having been immersed
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01:35:13,541 --> 01:35:16,794
in male-only environments
throughout my life.
1472
01:35:17,128 --> 01:35:21,799
My behavior, words and actions
they took Sally away from me."
1473
01:35:22,967 --> 01:35:27,096
When we arrived at NASA on the first day,
if you looked in the dictionary
1474
01:35:27,222 --> 01:35:31,142
"disgusting sexist pig",
I would have seen Mike Mullane's photo there.
1475
01:35:31,351 --> 01:35:33,895
I'm really ashamed,
of my attitudes.
1476
01:35:34,395 --> 01:35:36,355
"Sally was an extraordinary woman
1477
01:35:36,356 --> 01:35:39,192
and faced enormous obstacles
with courage and dignity.
1478
01:35:39,776 --> 01:35:41,401
I have four granddaughters.
1479
01:35:41,402 --> 01:35:46,114
I want them to value
the sacrifices that women like Sally
1480
01:35:46,115 --> 01:35:48,826
and each of you did
to secure a future
1481
01:35:48,952 --> 01:35:52,247
in which they will not be limited
in pursuit of their own dreams."
1482
01:35:53,748 --> 01:35:56,501
This... This is an incredible letter.
1483
01:35:58,044 --> 01:36:01,088
There I was, doubting my ability
women's dealing
1484
01:36:01,089 --> 01:36:03,091
with these dangerous situations.
1485
01:36:03,549 --> 01:36:05,342
Working with them opened my eyes.
1486
01:36:05,343 --> 01:36:07,427
They are so capable
as anyone,
1487
01:36:07,428 --> 01:36:08,888
and those six proved it.
1488
01:36:09,013 --> 01:36:10,181
And Sally was part of that.
1489
01:36:12,350 --> 01:36:14,352
It's time for people to realize
1490
01:36:14,519 --> 01:36:18,439
What women in this country can do
any job they want.
1491
01:36:21,567 --> 01:36:25,530
The space for the United States has changed
forever when Sally came up.
1492
01:36:25,697 --> 01:36:28,199
Women can do this.
She tasted it. End.
1493
01:36:29,284 --> 01:36:31,994
She was paving the way
for all women
1494
01:36:31,995 --> 01:36:35,164
who flew in space after her
and she did it incredibly.
1495
01:36:52,140 --> 01:36:56,352
You can see Sally's legacy
in many women
1496
01:36:56,519 --> 01:37:00,397
who are now part
from all facets of NASA's work.
1497
01:37:00,398 --> 01:37:05,486
All younger women and women
in the science she achieved and inspired.
1498
01:37:05,611 --> 01:37:08,488
This increases the probability
that they try harder,
1499
01:37:08,489 --> 01:37:10,575
go further, contribute more.
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01:37:11,576 --> 01:37:13,411
I would like to be remembered
like someone
1501
01:37:13,536 --> 01:37:15,955
who wasn't afraid to do
what I wanted to do
1502
01:37:16,372 --> 01:37:19,625
and as someone who assumed
risks along the way
1503
01:37:19,751 --> 01:37:21,753
to achieve your goals.
1504
01:37:25,173 --> 01:37:26,883
I thought a lot
1505
01:37:27,550 --> 01:37:32,180
about why Sally couldn't
be open about our relationship.
1506
01:37:33,389 --> 01:37:38,269
And the only thing that makes sense
for me it's that she was scared.
1507
01:37:39,395 --> 01:37:42,732
This is heartbreaking for me,
but also for her.
1508
01:37:43,483 --> 01:37:47,486
All the people who think Sally
should have come out before he died,
1509
01:37:47,487 --> 01:37:50,073
or that Sally should
have graciously accepted
1510
01:37:50,198 --> 01:37:54,035
the bouquet of flowers when landing,
let Sally be Sally.
1511
01:37:55,119 --> 01:37:58,164
That's what he did
for Sally to be who she was.
1512
01:38:03,086 --> 01:38:08,383
She left us with a question,
left us with some curiosity,
1513
01:38:09,133 --> 01:38:13,679
but he left us on his terms,
and that's how Sally liked it.
1514
01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:18,518
Good morning. Good morning everybody.
1515
01:38:20,603 --> 01:38:22,814
I got a call from the White House.
1516
01:38:22,980 --> 01:38:27,110
They said Sally would receive
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1517
01:38:27,860 --> 01:38:30,154
Like the first
American woman in space,
1518
01:38:30,530 --> 01:38:33,949
Sally didn't just break
the stratospheric glass ceiling,
1519
01:38:33,950 --> 01:38:35,368
she blew him up.
1520
01:38:35,993 --> 01:38:39,913
Tam O'Shaughnessy accepting
in the name of your life partner,
1521
01:38:39,914 --> 01:38:42,041
Dr. Sally K. Ride.
1522
01:38:49,799 --> 01:38:52,718
Speaking of coming out publicly,
I mean, that was...
1523
01:38:55,763 --> 01:38:56,764
huge.
1524
01:39:00,059 --> 01:39:01,978
It was simply unbelievable.
1525
01:39:02,854 --> 01:39:07,567
Finally, Sally was celebrated
for who she really was,
1526
01:39:08,067 --> 01:39:11,112
and I was also celebrated
for being your companion.
1527
01:39:13,114 --> 01:39:15,700
The world has made everything complicated
and painful,
1528
01:39:16,576 --> 01:39:19,078
but we were brave enough
to love each other.
1529
01:39:25,042 --> 01:39:27,002
Sally and Tam inspired
1530
01:39:27,003 --> 01:39:32,008
countless women and girls
to become scientists.
1531
01:39:32,383 --> 01:39:35,427
Through science, they trained
more than 30,000 teachers
1532
01:39:35,428 --> 01:39:39,015
and reached more than 6 million students
with his books, festivals and workshops.
1533
01:39:39,390 --> 01:39:43,643
In June 2014, NASA celebrated
the first LGBTQ event.
1534
01:39:43,644 --> 01:39:46,355
Tam and Bear were special guests.
1535
01:43:13,854 --> 01:43:15,856
Caption: Claire Machado