Sally Ride and Telstar

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Today Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, passed away. Her first flight took place on June 18th, 1983 on space shuttle Challenger.

Here's an excerpt from my 1983 Compton's year book:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP2686.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride


Thanks for the memories.



Today also marks the 50th anniversay of the first formal exchange of televised broadcasts via AT&T's satellite "Telstar" between the U.S. and Europe. Here's an excerpt from my 1962 Britannica yearbook:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP2688.jpg




and now for some music...

"Telstar" by the Tornadoes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5_s_KCC3A&feature=related


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[cacian]

Hey Gilliat great thread and thank you for posting such great documents and materials they very interesting to read! and what a great lady she was impressive!!
This is the first I have heard of the Compton book:blush5:

[Sancho]

So long, Sally. You sure shook up NASA. And you did it with style.

Fly west.

[Buh4Bee]

This was an informative piece. Reminds me of Virgil's blog. Could be an interesting blog entry. Thanks for sharing.

She sounds like an extraordinary woman. It seems that she saw herself as an equal to her colleagues; she did not define herself in terms of gender, but by her own capabilities. So for her, there was no need for to overly acknowledge the women's rights movement. I agree with her perspective on the matter, since she is a scientist getting her job done and not an active representative of women. She was respectful of the successes of the movement, but acknowledges how limited the American society still was at the time. I hope this country has made some progress with Obama in the White House and the recognition of same sex marriages.