[Allegra]

Considering she kept that aspect of her life a secret and it didn't become publicly known until her sister mentioned it in her tribute to Sally, is a testament to Sally's character and undeserving of the bigoted responses on this thread.

I agree. She didn’t talk about her sexual preferences at all. After she retired from the astronaut corps, she set up a foundation for educating kids who wanted to expand their knowledge in various sciences.

And while I do tend to agree with another poster on here that the first this and the first that is far too hyped in most cases, Sally Ride *was* the first American woman in space and I personally think that’s pretty darn cool.

[gundog]