…is women.
I approve. But Bonnie’s point is well taken. No woman should want to be selected for a mission simply because of her genital configuration. And of course, I think that Artemis is the Lady Ghostbusters sequel to Apollo.
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I found it amusing that the article refers to Sally Ride as the first woman in space (that was actually Valentina Tereshkova, launched June 16 1963 on a 3 day Vostok flight).
Kathy Lueders is one of the most impressive NASA managers I’ve ever met, and I like her tremendously. She has a more realistic appreciation of risk than anyone I know in government spaceflight.
And Gwynne Shotwell is amazing. I’ve known her for many years, and admire her greatly for her stunning accomplishments.
There has never been any reason women couldn’t be involved in space, but they had to have the interest to get involved. My wife has been in this business almost as long as I have. The one thing that has changed over the years is that women have been taken seriously as managers, and have achieved compensation parity with men. My wife did the latter her entire career, and it was simply a matter of asking. Women such as Kathy Lueders and Gwynne Shotwell demonstrated their leadership abilities through hard work. I applaud all of them.