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Feb 17, 2009: You Go Girl...
Ralph Kramden said, "Pow, to the moon, Alice, to the moon".
America laughed at the preposterous notion that Alice, or anyone, could go to the moon... in 1955.
Fast forward a couple of years and JFK said, to the moon America, to the moon. So we sent men into space and then women too.
Now, there's a woman on the International Space Station named Sandra Magnus, and she wants more women in space.
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More than 120 Girl Scouts from the River Bluffs Council in Illinois got a once-in-a-lifetime chance to talk to an astronaut orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station on Jan. 29, thanks in part to Boeing. The event, to teach Scouts about space, science and technology, was held at Boeing St. Louis facilities, started with a view of Houston’s Space Center, and a team of NASA specialists who connected the astronaut, Sandra Magnus, via satellite to Boeing. |
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She then emphasized the importance of studying science and math, and encouraged the girls telling them: "You can do whatever you put your mind to. "I was about your age when I decided to be an astronaut and I didn’t really think I had a chance; I was in a small town growing up, and it seemed like something that only other people got to do, and I never even thought that it might be possible," Magnus told the Girl Scouts. "But I decided to try, because I didn’t want to look back on my life and ask myself the question, ’What if? What if I only would have tried that, would it have been possible if I just would have tried it?’ And so I decided to try, and lo and behold, it’s possible. So I want you guys to remember that, I want you to believe in yourselves, I want you to find out what your dream is, and I want you to pursue it. Because it is possible." |
SPUCK Tuesday Feb 17 05:52 AM
And they all look at her hair and think, "NO WAY!"
Sheldonrs Tuesday Feb 17 08:22 AM
It's useless to get these kids' hopes up. In space, no one can hear you dream. 
TheMercenary Tuesday Feb 17 09:40 AM
nice hair, I guess that's what happens when you wiz around the world at 17,000 miles per hour.
| The space station is in a Low Earth Orbit and can be seen from Earth with the naked eye; it orbits at an altitude of approximately 350 km (190 nautical miles) above the surface of the Earth,[4][5][6] and travels at an average speed of 27,700 kilometres (17,210 mi) per hour, completing 15.7 orbits per day.[4] |
Leokins Tuesday Feb 17 09:51 AM
Baths in space give you an instant perm!
Cloud Tuesday Feb 17 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
And they all look at her hair and think, "NO WAY!"
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HungLikeJesus Tuesday Feb 17 10:16 AM
But isn't the whole event sexist?
Gravdigr Tuesday Feb 17 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
nice hair, I guess that's what happens when you wiz around the world at 17,000 miles per hour.
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Shawnee123 Tuesday Feb 17 10:21 AM
You go, girls!
Sheldonrs Tuesday Feb 17 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
so, to girls, hair is more important than anything? I know it was tossed off in jest, but that is still a very sexist remark.
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(goin' to hell with 12 broken bones for THAT one) :-)
WillieO Tuesday Feb 17 01:29 PM
So... Don King was the first Black guy in space?
WillieO Tuesday Feb 17 01:30 PM
Maybe we got it all wrong with those punk kids in the 80's and their spiked mohawks. Maybe they were just hoping to be astronauts.
Clodfobble Tuesday Feb 17 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
I know it was tossed off in jest, but that is still a very sexist remark.
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Trilby Tuesday Feb 17 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Well since the sexism flame war has already been started, I'd like to go ahead and toss in some fuel: how does zero-gravity affect menstruation?
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Or, maybe that was the tequila...
anyhoo---what sexist remark? Hair, ladies and gentlemen, is everything; unless you are Sheldon and are sexy in your own right without need for props.
Of course now Sheldon will remind me that he is gay. I know, Sheldon, I KNOW.
Sheldonrs Tuesday Feb 17 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Brianna
If I recall, it affects it negatively.
Or, maybe that was the tequila... anyhoo---what sexist remark? Hair, ladies and gentlemen, is everything; unless you are Sheldon and are sexy in your own right without need for props. Of course now Sheldon will remind me that he is gay. I know, Sheldon, I KNOW. |
Sheldonrs Tuesday Feb 17 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Well since the sexism flame war has already been started, I'd like to go ahead and toss in some fuel: how does zero-gravity affect menstruation?
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Shawnee123 Tuesday Feb 17 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Brianna
Of course now Sheldon will remind me that he is gay. I know, Sheldon, I KNOW.
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
GAY!!!!
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
It's useless to get these kids' hopes up. In space, no one can hear you ream.
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TheMercenary Tuesday Feb 17 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Is that anything like pissing in the wind?
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Sheldonrs Tuesday Feb 17 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
And this post didn't tip you off earlier?
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It's useless to get these kids' hopes up. In space, no one can hear you ream.
Sirensong12 Tuesday Feb 17 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
It's useless to get these kids' hopes up. In space, no one can hear you ream. |
Sirensong12 Tuesday Feb 17 04:01 PM
no
Sirensong12 Tuesday Feb 17 04:02 PM
Crap...lmao
Sundae Tuesday Feb 17 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
And they all look at her hair and think, "NO WAY!"
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Originally Posted by Cloud
so, to girls, hair is more important than anything? I know it was tossed off in jest, but that is still a very sexist remark.
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In my experience, teens will focus on the least important detail in order to dismiss something as "completely lame". Prejudiced? Yes. But so much humour relies on that.
That's why it made me laugh, anyway.
Sheldonrs Tuesday Feb 17 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Sirensong12
Aww Shel, don't tell me with everything you've ever said here, that I stepped over a line?
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Shawnee123 Tuesday Feb 17 06:03 PM
That's because you forgot to turn the space radio on.
"Houston, can you hear me? Houston, we have a, a, ah, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
TheMercenary Tuesday Feb 17 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Nope. I was just shocked that you thought nobody could hear me ream.
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Elspode Tuesday Feb 17 07:35 PM
So...are people going to be fucking in space, or what?
Shouldn't the astronauts be given memberships in The Cellar so that they can share their risque pics with us?
Shawnee123 Tuesday Feb 17 07:43 PM
How do you know I'm not an astronaut? Hm?
TheMercenary Tuesday Feb 17 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
So...are people going to be fucking in space, or what?
Shouldn't the astronauts be given memberships in The Cellar so that they can share their risque pics with us? |
ZenGum Tuesday Feb 17 08:47 PM
You know why NASA has never sent a woman to the moon?
The moon doesn't need cleaning.
Shawnee123 Tuesday Feb 17 08:50 PM
But it does.
I won't be that astronaut though. Cleaning is boring.
monster Tuesday Feb 17 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
How do you know I'm not an astronaut? Hm?
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monster Tuesday Feb 17 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
And they all look at her hair and think, "NO WAY!"
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Originally Posted by Cloud
so, to girls, hair is more important than anything? I know it was tossed off in jest, but that is still a very sexist remark.
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Shawnee123 Tuesday Feb 17 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
I thought you were a space cadet?
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TheMercenary Tuesday Feb 17 09:25 PM
Sheldon you crack my crack up.
Cloud Tuesday Feb 17 11:44 PM
Sheldonrs Wednesday Feb 18 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Sheldon you crack my crack up. |
Shawnee123 Wednesday Feb 18 08:54 AM
Shel, set your sights higher, please.
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