Sally Ride: 1951-2012
Sally K. Ride, the first U.S. woman to travel into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, according to her organization, Sally Ride Science, in San Diego. She was 61.Ride, a physicist, blasted off in the U.S. space shuttle “Challenger” on June 18, 1983.
“Sally’s historic flight into space captured the nation’s imagination and made her a household name,” Sally Ride Science said in a statement.
via Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies – Yahoo! News.
The whole “Was she gay?” bit that’s been bubbling around in the media is ludicrous.
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If she was, so what? And what business of yours is it anyway?
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I’m reminded of the interview with the Indigo Girls some years ago, in which the interviewer seemed to mostly be interested in getting them (or maybe just Amie) to confirm that they were gay.
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As a friend who’s been involved in the Atlanta/Athens music scene for as long as i’ve known him – thirty years or so – said, “I always assumed they were. SO what? It’s their music that matters.”