Jessica Watkins finally poised to steal Jeanette Epp’s glory? Poor Jeannette, she was supposed to be the first black female on ISS back in 2018, but was unceremoniously dumped from the Soyuz MS-09 crew without any public explanation by her employers. To this day no explanation has ever been offered leading to wild conjecture: from racism to her being a rabid social justice activist to not having trained to the required standards of a Russian cosmonaut. Will Jeanette ever fly?
I notice that liberal U.S. news media is hailing Jessica’s first flight assignment to a long-duration ISS mission. With all due respect, it’s no big deal as black women have held prominent positions in the U.S. space program for decades. I just wonder why no African or Caribbean nation ever thought of claiming this “first” years ago by selecting a female candidate then sending her for training in Houston or Moscow? Perhaps it’s not so important unless you make it so.
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