[FPSPACE] Re: Fwd: First woman in space to receive Woman of Century award in London

[Will Marchant]

And who knew she would have to use the ejection seat and parachute to
finish her mission.  Pretty gutsy!

dconst+@pyrrhus.cimds.ri.cmu.edu wrote:
> 
> > fairly undistinguished person
> 
> A factory worker who has learnt in a quite adult age to operate a spacecraft
> (even though a very simple one)? A woman with dozens of parachute jumps in
> the 50ths? A person who would be confined alone within 72 hours to a tiny
> eggshell in dangerous environment without acquiring permanent brain damage nor
> psychological breakdown? Then coming back to Earth and having a healthy child?
> Who is a distinguished person then?
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Will Marchant
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