First all-female space walk is a symbolic moment for NASA

Two NASA astronauts will make history Friday morning, some 260 miles above earth. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will step outside the International Space Station in a few minutes, beginning the first all-female spacewalk. Mark Strassmann reports.

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[AyeRoshi]

they gonna disable comments real soon lmao

[rmbassett]

Kind of sad that something like this still matters today

Nobody:
NASA: Gender still matters to us.

[Specops]

*1969* - Male Astronauts Land on the Moon.
*2019* - First All-Female space walk. "A first for mankind! NASA will never be the same!!"
*2020* - NASA files for bankruptcy.

[dobbysboggart]

I don't have a problem with multiple women spacewalking. But don't you think they're grasping at straws here for historic female firsts?

[zombieme]

First space crime was by a female, too.

[jacksoncombis]

if men and women are equal like everyone says we are this shouldn't be a big deal

[AtholIronworks]

I care if they can do their job not what is between their legs ...

[yousircantknow]

*"I'll leave symbols to the symbol minded."* -- George Carlin

[SilverSergeant]

Why is this news? Aren't men and women equal?

[lipozrljohnson]

Just hire the most qualified! If it happens to be two men so be it. If it happens to be two women so be it too. Plus it isn’t all female anyway because how do they get up there? (Takes a large team effort)

[mariovalletta]

give it 2 years and twe will see "omg first LGBTQ space walk" And nobody will care... Still!

[Mythic_Wisdom]

1960's: In the future we will have flying cars
2019: Gender still matters

[godless]

I bet making a sandwich in zero G is pretty hard.

[plushi]

Imagine being the guy who got denied a spacewalk cause it was "a women's turn"

[curtismartin]

Did NASA just assume their gender ; )

Time to beat them at their own game...

[davecarsley]

"women and men are equal"

... Also...

"We need to clap, cheer and freak out when women do anything because they're different than men"

[jerrydb]

How many millions did this cost the tax payers

[bigtonithegreatjamboni]

I'm sure we'll see it on their instagrams

[joeldriver]

My reaction to this is exactly the same as when I hear something about "the 1st gay male college football player taken in the draft" or some crap like that...SO WHAT! I'm pretty sure society has accepted that it's fine to be gay, women are perfectly capable of doing about any job a man can do so really when you blow something like this out of proportion it really is insulting to the general public. You're telling us we should be amazed by this when really it should just be considered normal.