1ºCynthia Tuccaro good question. Who said she wasn't?? I never did. If shes the best person for the task and has proven it through performance in that field then I'm all for it.
As for everyone being well incorporated by now, when was the last time we put someone on the moon?? Females by this point literally have done/ been afforded EVERY opportunity or position open to males. Even amongst the armed forces. And every legitimate employer has been held to EO laws for decades.
So yes, putting a woman on the moon would be a first. But, she shouldn't be selected based on gender alone. If you were going to board a plane would you trust your life in the hands of someone selected above better experienced peers who became captain gender/ race or someone who's a very seasoned pilot??
Much like people of all races and genders fly planes every day, when a female astronaut comes along who outscores/ out performs/ has more experience in space than the males being considered for position, then she's earned it fair and equally. So if there's a lady on this mission awesome. She deserved it. If not then there will come a day. But just being like "well let's choose her just to say we put the first woman on the moon" is absurd.
2ºJanet Stewart Hayward soldier here. Speaking of research you should probably research why that decision was made against woman not being eligible for the draft. We're already an all volunteer force if a woman wants to serve then simply be fit and enlist/ comission.
Other reason is males outnumber females substantially in the US population. It takes 2 to tango but ultimately what do you think would happen to our population if both males and females got drafted?? Things are typically pretty bad for a draft to happen. Casualties are astronomical. That decision wasnt made to put woman down. It was made so that we wouldn't risk a population crisis following any massive conflict, and that there would be a sufficient amount of people, males and females, to maintain industry on the home front too.
3ºKelly Case Men don't get it because they live a privileged life. Yes. I said it. Once you explain to a man the checklist we go through just to leave the office at night to walk to the car alone in the dark (flashlight, keys between your fingers, whistle, etc.) and THEN you put it in the context of their sister wife or daughter... well then sometimes they get it. Even taking an Uber alone is a risk. They literally don't understand the hundred different decisions we make every day because we're women. And that includes shopping in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store and having some a***ole say "Gee, it's cold in here and I don't even need a thermometer." Misogyny, patriarchy, everywhere. Even when we're buying tater tots.
4ºJoy Benson I'm aware that the reason for the mission is in the article but the fact that such a small # of people have actually been on the moon makes it feel odd for anyone to have a "finally it's our turn" feeling from it. I'd feel the same way if the headline was about the first black man on the moon. The reason why it was a big deal, for me, that the first black man became president was because it meant that certain changes might actually take place. Not nearly as big of a deal that the nation was receiving a 44th president because that's just what the constitutional process called for. Pretty big deal, for humanity, that we're landing on the moon again though. Seems the reason for that would be more so the focus(headline) because the majority of people only read headlines
5ºMike Housman I'm saying that comparing the "first woman on the moon" and "first black US president" isn't the best comparison to make. I don't believe it to be the best comparison because we've had a new US president every 4-8yrs for centuries now per The Constitution. The reason why it mattered to me was the idea/hope that maybe certain changes would be made. Personally, I couldnt care less that another slimy politician slithered his way to the top of the ridiculous 2 party system that we have in this country. Conversely, someone doesn't land on the moon very often. I've personally sailed on a ship for over a year that was named after someone who landed on the moon and I really didn't care about the dude or his story. Even with plaques hanging up all over the place. The fact that we landed on the moon was bigger. I've never put much thought into when the first black man might land on the moon but I can now understand the pride aspect of it for someone that's more attached to the astronaut's stories/identities/accomplishments
6ºKris Scott,
While I agree with you that SLS is costly and nowhere near perfect I disagree with your argument that this mission shouldn't be hyped.
First of all SLS was the price Congress put on funding commercial crew, which was pivotal for the success of SpaceX.
Second, while SLS is expensive it is actually less costly than the shuttle was on a year to year basis.
Third, this is the first step to get humanity back to the moon. We haven't been in over 50 years. I don't mind having an imperfect system for the first few missions until something like an all Starship architecture is in place.
7ºNASA identifies 13 potential Artemis III landing sites for human return to moon
[a rendering of candidate landing regions for Artemis III. Each region is approximately 9.3 by 9.3 miles. A landing site is a location within those regions with an approximate 328-foot radius]
By Simon Druker & Doug Cunningham - UPI news
Aug. 19 (UPI) -- NASA on Friday identified landing sites near the moon's southern pole for Artemis III -- the United States' first manned mission to the lunar surface in more than 50 years.
NASA identified 13 regions for an Artemis III lunar landing: /Faustini Rim A... Peak Near Shackleton ... Connecting Ridge ... Connecting Ridge Extension ... de Gerlache Rim 1 ... de Gerlache Rim 2 ... de Gerlache-Kocher Massif ... Haworth .. Malapert Massif ... Leibnitz Beta Plateau ... Nobile Rim 1 ... Nobile Rim 2 ... Amundsen Rim.../ "Selecting these regions means we are one giant leap closer to returning humans to the Moon for the first time since Apollo," NASA's Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator for the Artemis Campaign Development Division, said in a statement. "When we do, it will be unlike any mission that's come before as astronauts venture into dark areas previously unexplored by humans and lay the groundwork for future long-term stays," Kirasich said. Artemis III is scheduled to carry American astronauts to the moon sometime in 2025. Artemis I, a planning and testing mission that will orbit the moon without a human crew, is scheduled to launch later this mont
h. Each of the selected regions are within 6 degrees latitude of the lunar South Pole, according to NASA.
Since specific landing sites are tightly coupled to the timing of the launch window, NASA said that having multiple sites ensures the flexibility to launch the mission throughout the year. The sites were assessed using NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, decades of publications and lunar science findings. NASA said Friday that it will discuss the 13 chosen regions with "broader science and engineering communities through conferences and workshops to solicit inputs about the merits of each region." Through the Artemis mission, NASA said, it will land the first woman and person of color on the moon. The space agency is targeting the lunar south pole because it's believed to have water ice in permanently-shadowed craters. Ready for the next giant leap? Hear where the next steps on the Moon may fall.
Tune in live for the announcement of potential landing regions for the #Artemis III mission to the lunar South Pole. Friday, Aug. 19, at 2pm ET (1800 UTC): https://t.co/5cqesOz0i6 pic.twitter.com/kcG5WfIKsp— NASA (@NASA) August 18, 2022 Artemis I is scheduled to launch from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 29. It will be the first integrated test of the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System rocket and ground systems at the center. The spaceflight is scheduled to circle the Moon, helping pave the way for the crewed flight test on Artemis II in 2024 and the landing for Artemis III. hree more human landings are scheduled for 2027 and 2028.
Last year, NASA selected SpaceX's Starship to design and build the human landing system to deliver crew from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon. No human has set foot on the moon since Apollo 17 left in late 1972 and no other countries have sent explorers to the lunar surface. NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft roll from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on August 16, 2022. The booster and spacecraft have been prepared for the maiden flight of the Artemis Program. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
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