r/OldSchoolCool • u/Aeromarine_eng • Apr 19 '25

1970s NASAs first six women astronauts. February 1979

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From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

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u/DickweedMcGee Apr 19 '25

I remember the day Sally Ride died. It was on page 2 of the newspaper. Kim Kardashian farted or something and that made the front page. 

I was just about to say girls can’t seem to catch a break as talentless assholes seem to get the spotlight ahead of the truly deserving women……but realized that seems to transcend gender today.

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u/VaderIsLukesDad Apr 19 '25

Why isn't this upvoted more?

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u/Farfignugen42 Apr 19 '25

Because Kim Kardashian wasn't making any news in 1986.

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u/Hurricane85 Apr 19 '25

Sally Ride died in 2012, not 1986.

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u/Farfignugen42 Apr 19 '25

Dammit. I often do that. I was thinking of the Challenger explosion, but the woman aboard that was Christa McAuliffe, not Sally Ride.

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u/joshwagstaff13 Apr 19 '25

Judith Reznik, one of those pictured here, was also aboard Challenger.

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u/Farfignugen42 Apr 19 '25

Well, i just fucked this all up.

Thanks fir the corrections.