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A review by ali_brarian
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
5.0
1.) John Glenn is a terrible person.
2.) Jackie Cochran is also a terrible person who should never be allowed to represent women because she betrayed the advancement of women when she testified against Jerrie Cobb and the other women of "Mercury 13."
3.) President, then Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson is a terrible person and although I never had one before he is now my Least Favorite President. When presented with the ideas of women and minorities going into space his only response was "Let's stop this now!" If only John F. Kennedy were never assassinated, the women of Mercury 13 may have been allowed to actually pilot a spacecraft in the '70s, not the late '90s. Also, the U.S. would have had the first woman in space considering Russia's first woman in space just sat in the cockpit, and even told Jerrie Cobb that she was her inspiration. Your inspiration is a woman who exceeded all of the tests to be an astronaut that men took, but then was never allowed to even sit in on a mission to space let alone pilot a spacecraft. Nice.
4.) NASA should be ashamed.
I am now going to research how to become an astronaut. But you should read this book if you like space or women's rights, or basically learning about events in history that you have never heard of before a la Devil in the White City. It will amaze, astound, inspire and infuriate you, in a good way.
2.) Jackie Cochran is also a terrible person who should never be allowed to represent women because she betrayed the advancement of women when she testified against Jerrie Cobb and the other women of "Mercury 13."
3.) President, then Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson is a terrible person and although I never had one before he is now my Least Favorite President. When presented with the ideas of women and minorities going into space his only response was "Let's stop this now!" If only John F. Kennedy were never assassinated, the women of Mercury 13 may have been allowed to actually pilot a spacecraft in the '70s, not the late '90s. Also, the U.S. would have had the first woman in space considering Russia's first woman in space just sat in the cockpit, and even told Jerrie Cobb that she was her inspiration. Your inspiration is a woman who exceeded all of the tests to be an astronaut that men took, but then was never allowed to even sit in on a mission to space let alone pilot a spacecraft. Nice.
4.) NASA should be ashamed.
I am now going to research how to become an astronaut. But you should read this book if you like space or women's rights, or basically learning about events in history that you have never heard of before a la Devil in the White City. It will amaze, astound, inspire and infuriate you, in a good way.