Conversation

Notices

1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 14:59:59 UTC Robert McNees

   Physicist and astronaut Sally Ride was born #OTD in 1951. She was the first American woman and the youngest American in space. After NASA she worked on arms control and physics, investigated the Columbia and Challenger disasters, and promoted STEM through Sally Ride Science.

   Image: NASA

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 15:07:52 UTC Robert McNees

     in reply to

     • Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋

     @jewishreader Yes, I have a post on that coming up!

   • Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋 (jewishreader@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 15:07:53 UTC Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋

     in reply to

     @mcnees
     I haven't seen you mention orientation in your historical women of science posts, but she was also gay.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 15:10:04 UTC Robert McNees

     in reply to

     Sally Ride’s 1977 inquiry letter to NASA easily fits in a single post:

     "To whom it may concern,

     I am a PhD candidate in astrophysics at Stanford University, and am interested in the space shuttle program. Please send me the forms necessary to apply as a 'mission specialist' candidate.

     Thank you,
     Sally Ride”

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 15:10:13 UTC Robert McNees

     in reply to

     • Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋

     @jewishreader Thank you!

   • Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋 (jewishreader@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 15:10:14 UTC Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋

     in reply to

     @mcnees Lovely, thank you! I enjoy this series and learn so much.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 15:13:44 UTC Robert McNees

     in reply to

     Sally Ride was married to a man for five years, but then spent 27 years in a relationship with Tam O’Shaughnessy, a woman.

     There is a touching essay by her sister Bear (who is gay, and a minister) about her sister’s “fundamental sense of privacy,” and how people might be surprised to learn about Sally Ride’s relationship with Tam.

     https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/why-sally-ride-waited-until-her-death-tell-world-she-f908942

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 16:05:39 UTC Robert McNees

     in reply to

     • Jessica 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🌶🧋

     @jewishreader seriously, one comment like that can keep me going at this for a year.

   • Fuck Elon :mastodon: (fuckelon@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 21:53:53 UTC Fuck Elon :mastodon:

     in reply to

     • Dr. Jorge Caballero

     @mcnees @DataDrivenMD

     Could not even download the forms herself???pfffft!

   • Sagebiel Markus (msgbi@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 07:23:39 UTC Sagebiel Markus

     in reply to

     • charles ex

     @mcnees @charles_ex