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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions
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They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
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You don't think about the danger. The spaceship becomes your home.
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I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including spacesuits and spacecraft comfort assuring systems, were designed mostly by men and for men.
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If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?
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A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.
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I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century
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