Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983.
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
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I know everyone dunks on NASA for this, but I don't think it's totally unreasonable. Anytime I go on holiday I bring about 3x more than I could possibly use, just in case. Like with knickers. -
Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
@vagina_museum i mean if she met some undersupplied bevaginad aliens she'd be in a great position to assist!
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@vagina_museum @leeloo right, save space in space! This makes sense
@Mercurial @vagina_museum
Save space in the launch vehicle. -
@Mercurial @vagina_museum
Save space in the launch vehicle.@leeloo @vagina_museum no, I got it. I was just trying to make a joke. Of course you’re right.
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
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@leeloo @vagina_museum no, I got it. I was just trying to make a joke. Of course you’re right.
@Mercurial @vagina_museum
I thought as much, but thought it would be better to clarify before someone else doesn't get the joke.Besides, you aren't exactly wrong either, there isn't infinite room on the ISS, even though it's a lot larger than the launch vehicle.
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
@vagina_museum It's not stupid to pack extra tampons just in case, think of Sunita Williams "The mission was supposed to last eight days, but technical problems stranded Williams and crewmate Butch Wilmore on the ISS for more than nine months." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#Boeing_Starliner_incident_and_return_to_Earth
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
@vagina_museum I'd have been inclined to say "no way. Need far more than that" just for the giggles.
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@vagina_museum Could menstrual blood not provide some form of propulsion perhaps?
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@xyhhx @vagina_museum it's not a serious post, don't overthink it
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
@vagina_museum OK but what happens if you forgetfully put some used menstrual products into the space toilet?
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I wrote it in a weak, low-effort impression of Comic Book Guy's voice, so your brain has improved it.
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@xyhhx @vagina_museum it's not a serious post, don't overthink it
@BigTittyBimbo @vagina_museum been thinking about it all morning tbh
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@vagina_museum As for Valentina Tereshkova, this was essentially a publicity stunt. Take a look at the number of female cosmonauts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…
By the way, as a German, I think it's a real shame that the first German female astronaut was launched just one year ago on a private mission, not even a state one.
Oh, you think there is a space race?
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Sally Ride was the first American woman and first lesbian in space, first flying in 1983. Before she flew, NASA weren't really sure what a woman in space might need, so suggested providing her with 100 tampons. For a six day mission.
@vagina_museum Bloody hell!
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@Binks @mo @vagina_museum yeah I really want to know the full context between that exchange that folks love to dunk on. Yes many men have zero clue about anything related to a uterus, but I could absolutely see it as some engineer calculating the mass budget for the question of "do we have sufficient payload budget for any menstrual products this astronaut may need?" And the answer being a half-joking "well is 100 tampons sufficient?"
There's so many ways that often-reported quote could have been entirely reasonable and not entirely based in poor understanding of women's anatomy. There's also the distinct possibity that it was in fact an incredible level of misunderstanding uterus-havers
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@vagina_museum @agturcz I guess that this is a result of not openly talking about this topic. I was raised in a household without a father but with my mother and my sister (we even talked about the period during dinner). So talking about the period was totally normal for me. Only later I found out that many men find this topic very disturbing.
@heluecht Someone once said men are terrified of women because they bleed and DON'T DIE.
Clumsy but I think in the pocket for why it scares them -
@vagina_museum Better that way, than another. The last time I've participated in so called "main stream social media" there were some men believing that one tampon for the whole period is enough...
@agturcz Let's ask a professional who was there. @Trilobyter do you have any inside knowledge about this or similar types of decisions?? @vagina_museum@masto.ai
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@agturcz Let's ask a professional who was there. @Trilobyter do you have any inside knowledge about this or similar types of decisions?? @vagina_museum@masto.ai
@Lizette603_23 @agturcz that was a few years before I joined the program but I’ve heard the story, and apparently she did once confirm being asked about the needed quantity in advance of the mission, and it was a big overestimate, but there’s not a clear record about what was actually provided. I also have read they thought she would need a makeup kit in space.
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