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

[droam]

And whom --even among global news organizations which MUST know better -- 
is still forgotten. So many press releases have come out recently 
claiming Sally Ride as the first woman in space (regarding her departure 
from space.com)... it's frightening.

>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?
>...
>-- 
>Will Marchant
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