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electric_blue68

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5. Yay. This is wonderful...

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Jul 1, 2021, 04:34 PM

Jul 2021

A friend of mine in Texas in 6th grade ('64) said she wanted to be an astronaut.

"Girls can't be astronauts" was the reply.

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'No one has waited longer': trailblazing female pilot Wally Funk will go to space with Bezos [View all] question everything Jul 2021 OP

Godspeed, Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk! Kid Berwyn Jul 2021 #1

Wow! Delphinus Jul 2021 #2

I'm very happy for her. Did she have to pony up millions of dollars to bezos for her seat? PSPS Jul 2021 #3

I doubt it - she was previously down as "yet-to-be-named" when they announced the payment muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 #4

Yay. This is wonderful... electric_blue68 Jul 2021 #5

Hillary Clinton wanted to be an astronaut question everything Jul 2021 #6

oh ..... yeah..... I forget! Go Hillary! ... electric_blue68 Jul 2021 #10

I had a science teacher who taled at great length Warpy Jul 2021 #7

Woah, geeeeeeebz! electric_blue68 Jul 2021 #9

With Chuck Yeager dead that is probably true. whistler162 Jul 2021 #8

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