REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS

RIP Sally Ride

POSTED BY: SKYWALKEN
UPDATED: Thursday, July 26, 2012 03:15
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 578
PAGE 1 of 1

Monday, July 23, 2012 12:58 PM

SKYWALKEN


Quote:
Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday at her home in San Diego. She was 61.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, her company, Sally Ride Science, announced on its Web site.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazin
g-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?_r=1

My heart goes out to her family and the rest of America. We've lost a great American. Sadly, yet another tragedy in a just a few short days.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Monday, July 23, 2012 3:00 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht


She wasn't that old. :(

I have Kathy Bates on speed dial, mwa ha ha ha (in exaggeratedly evil voice)

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Monday, July 23, 2012 3:21 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Cancer doesn't really care about age.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Monday, July 23, 2012 4:21 PM

HERO


She was a big deal. Met her at my school.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Monday, July 23, 2012 7:37 PM

SIGNYM


Wow.

No one should ever die that young.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:16 AM

1KIKI


Has anyone noticed how many youngish famous people are dying of pancreatic cancer? Supposedly it's pretty rare. It makes me wonder if the overall incidence has gone up recently, or of this is just a statistical fluke.

SignyM: I swear, if we really knew what was being decided about us in our absence, and how hosed the government is prepared to let us be, we would string them up.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 1:19 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


:crap:

" We're all just folk. " - Mal

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 7:50 AM

FREMDFIRMA


Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki: Has anyone noticed how many youngish famous people are dying of pancreatic cancer? Supposedly it's pretty rare. It makes me wonder if the overall incidence has gone up recently, or of this is just a statistical fluke.
My suspicion is that might have to do with HFCS, via the methodology by which the pancreas works and why/how HFCS can screw that up, side order of mercury contamination - seems almost a recipe for it.

-F

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:50 AM

CAVETROLL


It takes a lot of guts to sit on the world's largest conventional bomb, in the most complex vehicle ever assembled, constructed by the lowest bidder and maintained by government workers.

Yeah, that was sarky. It doesn't diminish the admiration I have for her.

Godspeed, Sally Ride.

Kwindbago, hot air and angry electrons

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 6:06 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


Slate.com has 3 stories about her on their Double X page ( Women's issues), about the fact that she was a lesbian, and left behind a female life partner of 29 years. I hadn't heard any mention of that anywhere else, and it is, of course, of no relevance to her work or achievements, as unimportant as the prejudice against gay and lesbian marriage or lifestyle. Her business, her private life, of no concern to any outsider. I mourn for her loss, and for the sorrow of her partner.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:15 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:
Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat: Slate.com has 3 stories about her on their Double X page ( Women's issues), about the fact that she was a lesbian, and left behind a female life partner of 29 years. I hadn't heard any mention of that anywhere else, and it is, of course, of no relevance to her work or achievements, as unimportant as the prejudice against gay and lesbian marriage or lifestyle. Her business, her private life, of no concern to any outsider. I mourn for her loss, and for the sorrow of her partner.


The list of 'firsts' in the women dept , as far as astronauts goes, it pretty extensive. I wonder if anyone will claim her as 'first lesbian' in space?





" We're all just folk. " - Mal

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

YOUR OPTIONS

NEW POSTS TODAY

USERPOST DATE

OTHER TOPICS

DISCUSSIONS
Been a chilly year so far...
Thu, May 23, 2013 03:43 - 68 posts
Sikh woman teaches tolerance on the internet
Thu, May 23, 2013 03:38 - 1 posts
Military Rapes And Sexual Assaults Reach Over 70 Per Day – Female Lawmakers Take Action
Thu, May 23, 2013 02:52 - 5 posts
Unmasking Liberalism on the Arizona Range
Thu, May 23, 2013 02:43 - 36 posts
Judge sells kids to prison
Thu, May 23, 2013 02:35 - 2 posts
Right Winged Extremism in France
Thu, May 23, 2013 02:11 - 5 posts
"Part Time" Cut to 24 Hours a Week.... At Least Where I Work
Wed, May 22, 2013 22:48 - 20 posts
Solder hacked to death in public
Wed, May 22, 2013 21:39 - 5 posts
IRS targeted conservative groups
Wed, May 22, 2013 17:57 - 38 posts
‘Time To Wake Up’
Wed, May 22, 2013 17:43 - 10 posts
Florida man killed by FBI agent reportedly had link to Boston Marathon bomber, triple murder
Wed, May 22, 2013 16:42 - 2 posts
This Thread is Trolls
Wed, May 22, 2013 15:49 - 12 posts
 VIEW MORE TOPICS 

FFF.NET SOCIAL

OUR SPONSORS