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> My point is that the rules weren't put there to exclude women but to screen out the applicant pool to make easier identifying those that NASA thought would be
by elliekelly 5y ago
> My point is that the rules weren't put there to exclude women but to screen out the applicant pool to make easier identifying those that NASA thought would be the best candidates.
What makes you think the test/fight pilot rules weren’t just a pretext?
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoMaybe the skills just happened to overlap, like high-G maneuvers.
- CheezeIt 5y agoBecause obviously. If you’re starting a new program to send people to outer space and beat the Commies, what drives your decision making? Is it (a) getting the best people, who’ve already acquitted themselves under stressful conditions admirably (b) making some women happy (c) eliminating women under some pretext, just to mess with them