Comments on: Sally Ride has died https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/23/sally-ride-has-died/ Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/23/sally-ride-has-died/#comment-493965 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:01:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12917#comment-493965 Chopped liver would be good space food because it would fit nicely in those tubes.

Right, first American woman, and at the time, youngest American.

]]> By: fanboyslim https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/23/sally-ride-has-died/#comment-493964 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:58:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12917#comment-493964 Sorry to hear about Dr. Ride’s death, I remember watching her shuttle launch (back when that was still considered exciting TV material). Astronauts are still mostly men, but it’s difficult to overstate how big of a deal was sending a woman into orbit then.

However you may want to correct your post to indicate she was only the first American woman in space.

]]> By: D. C. Sessions https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/23/sally-ride-has-died/#comment-493963 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:51:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12917#comment-493963

Ride was the first woman to go into outer space.

So what is Valentina Tereshkova — chopped liver?

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