Ladies In Space

As we get to having longer and longer stays in space, we're going to need it to feel more and more comfortable and like home. And one thing about earth is that there are nearly equal parts men and women (slightly more women, but that's not really noticlable). So it's more and more important that all of the women space fore-runners, make their pressence known.

Like Eileen Collins, who commanded two shuttle flights. Along with

"Kathryn Sullivan, NASA's first female spacewalker; Iran-born businesswoman Anousheh Ansari, who paid a reported $20 million for a Russian rocket ride to the space station last year; the first female pilot for the Air Force Thunderbirds and the first female solo pilot for the air-demonstration squadron; and a high-ranking Federal Aviation Administration official."

As we are planning to start living on the moon (let alone mars) we'll be wanting to have people in permanent residence in these place and the best way to do that is to have both genders.

Full article at: Female space pioneers tell girls to aim high