Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Space-Racing to Close the Gender Gap



March 27, 2019

In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon.

In 2019, NASA was going to have two women walk in space at the same time, but only had one suit that was properly configured for women to spacewalk available on the space station.

Maybe in another 50 years, all this will be second nature.


(To be clear: They had two suits that were the right size, but configuration was the key. I think it was one of those circumstances that you smack your forehead and go, “Duh” about. But since it’s a space agency, I hope that they start thinking more proactively from now on.)



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