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Currently, the push to become a multi-planetary species is just as much about marketing and it is about the technology. We need people excited for space so they
by skellera 6y ago
Currently, the push to become a multi-planetary species is just as much about marketing and it is about the technology. We need people excited for space so they go into fields where they can advance our ability to do stuff in space.
Finally putting a woman on the moon will give a face to young girls to look up to. That will bring a whole new set of smart people into the field. It’s not like we’re giving up on Mars because of it.
- throwawaybutwhy 6y agoVenturing beyond the Van Allen belts risks radiation damage to egg cells [0]. Not sure this is worth being excited about. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31885235/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31885235/
- foxyv 6y agoMaybe the first woman on the moon already has children or doesn't want children in the first place. Or maybe the risk is worth it to her to have the opportunity to make history? Or she just stores eggs and goes the route of in-vitro.
- throwawaybutwhy 6y agoAll of the above is possible. However, we should not lie (by omission) to gullible young people that space travel is safe. It is not and in the time frame of ARTEMIS, won't be.
- skellera 6y agoWell now that we’re sending women out there, there’s a good reason to solve it. I’m sure there are a million other risks for going to the moon, seems a little reductive to say women shouldn’t go because it affects their eggs. They are more likely to die on their trip than if they didn’t go, yet we still send men. Just like every other issue, we’ll solve them. But we don’t just give up.