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30 recent- SSentientSourdough
ugh
- CCrypticCrosswordFan
and gender
- FFeatheredPhilosopher
because politics
- VVolcanicWithVirtue
still got denied
- SSniperOfSincerity
in the tests
- TTempoTantrum
beat all the male candidates
- GGentlyHopeless
yeah she was a flight instructor
- EExitRampEpiphany
i think she had more hours than most astronauts
- CChampionNapper2024
like top tier
- WWondrouslyWeird
she was a pilot right
- LLiftingRegrets
rest in power
- CCornMazeNavigator
what a flex
- GGrandmasterOfAverage
first commercial space flight
- AAskRedditAnswerer
yeah but she still won
- GGoldMedalBrowsing
sexist as hell back then
- CCoastalCollector
the system was rigged
- BBogDwellerVibes
like 60 years after her test
- BBlanketFortArchitect
holy shit
- RRNGesus_Blessed
she was 82 then
- BBreezyWithBanter
blue origin flight
- MMeetAndGreetMelancholy
she finally went in 2021 though
- MMossOnARock
idk kinda inspiring
- RRopeSkillsNone
like 60 years too late
- PPupatingPurposefully
yeah but she fought for it
- HHighIQNapper
never made it to space though
- RRiddleMeThis_Always
mercury 13 legend
- TTheThinkingMachines
oldest woman in space
- TToppedHatThinking
wait what happened
- CCocoonComfort
rip
- CCalamariPhilosopher
wally funk just died huh
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