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Hillary Clinton Slams NASA for Cancelling All-Female Spacewalk

Hillary Clinton Slams NASA for Cancelling All-Female Spacewalk

Hillary Clinton Slams NASA for Cancelling All-Female Spacewalk

What a lame reason to not make history.

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The first all-female spacewalk was supposed to happen this week, but NASA had to shut it down after realizing there weren’t enough spacesuits available to fit…*checks notes* um, two female astronauts.

Right. There aren’t appropriate suits for a whopping two female astronauts.

Apparently there is actually a practical reason for this, highlighting the lack of funding NASA has for making new suits.

“On the International Space Station, there are just four spacesuits available out of a total of just 11 spacesuits that NASA has in total for the ISS,” said spacesuit expert Pablo de Leon. “This is due to the fact that the spacesuits that are now used are the same ones that were used during the space shuttle program.”

And astronaut Anne McClain is ultimately the one who ultimately made the call not to go on the walk, after realizing the suit her fellow astronaut Christina Koch was set to wear was also the one that fit her best.

Nevertheless, not being able to accommodate two women who would’ve made history is NOT a good look, and Twitter is reacting appropriately.

 

 

 

 

 

But our Alternate Timeline President probably summed the whole dang thing up best—

 

 

This is almost as bad as that time NASA recommended an all-female mission to Mars so that the astronauts wouldn't hook up in space. Umm. Yeah. Get your shit together, NASA!

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Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.

Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.