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Female Astronaut Sets Space Record
Raver32 writes to tell us that U.S. astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams has set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Breaking the previous record of 188 days set by astronaut Shannon Lucid in '96, Williams has lived aboard the space station since last December. "'It's just that I'm in the right place at the right time,' Williams, 41, said when Mission Control in Houston congratulated her on the record. 'Even when the station has little problems, it's just a beautiful, wonderful place to live.'"
Am I the only one wondering how much, you know, hygeine products she got through?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Headline should be: "Cosmonauts put up with American woman's nagging for 188 days - new record!"
In the end, it's just another "First post!"..
Troll??? Aw come on, mod parent UP as FUNNY.
You're 100% correct. I think that dividing sports teams into men's and women's divisions is sexist as well. The rules are the same whether you're a man or a woman. The fact that a woman soccer player may not be as strong or as fast as a professional male soccer player is irrelevant. *I* am not as strong or as fast as a professional soccer player, I don't get my own league. The whole point of competitive sports is for people to succeed or fail on their merits.
I think if they're going to have women's leagues because they're physically disadvantaged with respect to men, then they should have white basketball leagues since they're physically disadvantaged with respect to black people.
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