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July 18, 2019

Damn Those Glorious, Yet Sexist, Men For Being the First Into Space and on the Moon

And everywhere else, if we're being honest.

The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. If we do not acknowledge the gender bias of the early space program, it becomes difficult to move past it. https://t.co/Mt7rVLgAaf
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2019

Update: The Soviets were better because of course they were.

Holy crap! The literal kicker: "Cosmonaut diversity was key for the Soviet message to the rest of the globe: Under socialism, a person of even the humblest origins could make it all the way up." https://t.co/9wGza2FbU2
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 18, 2019

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