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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2022
- A short history on women in space. The NASA Artemis mission will put women on the moon in 2024. But will they? Are women still allowed to have jobs in 2024?
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The 100 tampons thing makes sense. There's no way of knowing if she'd give spontaneous birth during those 6 days, in which case the tampons could maybe be helpful.
You never know when god feels like knocking you up
give spontaneous birth ... to an alien, which could in turn have entirely different uses and requirements for tampons. Just in case.
100 tampons? Sure. A suit that fits? Why though?
The Russian army is using tampons instead of bandages, they're useful
The us army uses tampons instead of bandages. I always carried a few in my med pack nothing better for packing a bullet wound
Fun extra fact about Sally Ride, she was the whistleblower who leaked the information that the solid rocket boosters' rubber O-rings freezing was the likely cause of the Challenger disaster to the US Military (who then had to subtly guide Richard Feynman onto the path of discovering the freezing O-ring thing independently, to both protect Ride and not make it look like a military organisation was interfering in a civilian organisation's affairs).
I mean, I say "fun extra fact" but the sombre tone of this video's ending makes me feel like fun extra facts aren't appropriate :( . I hope America can sort itself out, though I've no idea how...
She knew and she did right in saying something but crediting her with being "the" whistleblower is a bit ridiculous. My Finite Element Analysis professor in the mid-90s was a Thiokol engineer that did engineering for the boosters. He walked off his job the morning that they decided to launch. The O-rings were a known issue for years before the Challenger loss. My prof didn't run to the media but he sure let it fly when he was interviewed by the AIB (Accident Investigation Board), so did a lot of other people. What motivation would they have to keep it quiet? Ain't gonna happen. The o-ring issue nearly killed the crew of STS-41D in 1984. The crew knew about it before Challenger, so the secret was already out. What really sucks is that the AIB report didn't do their due diligence in getting to the root-cause of the mishap. They blamed it on faulty o-rings (in other words, a hardware problem). NO! It was a management problem. The root-cause was poor NASA management and a too-cozy relationship between Thiokol bosses and NASA bosses. The AIB didn't do enough to look into those human-factors.
@@Skank_and_Gutterboy I'd say that the investigation finding of "normalization of deviance" was very much a management critique. Unfortunately the Columbia disaster showed that it was a criticism that was never adequately addressed.
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I agree. There were a lot of good positive changes after Challenger but the poor management, which wasn't completely rooted out, slowly made a comeback and managed to kill another shuttle in the early 2000s.
I never heard the Sally Ride thing, and I watched the shuttle blow up. And read all the books. I lived close to Mission Control, in an astronaut neighborhood. And knew rocket scientists. Most weren't buying any of the responsibility/culture/mgmt issues, and pissed about the way NASA was portrayed, even though the o-rings were a known issue, and in part due to having to have so many because they had to break them down to travel from Utah (thanks for that space pork, Sen. Orrin Hatch!) to the Cape. And there was a definite safe operating temperature, which was ignored. It was biazzre, the total disconnect between reality and NASA culture (TBF, it WAS heartbreaking and difficult to come to terms with, I cried every time I came home and saw the houses draped in black where before draped in hope and cheers and school stuff, and stricken friends). And so it happened again. And almost did several other times, just dumb NASA luck it didn't. Ditto the ice breaking off the heat shield tiles.
Space is hard, but failures and lost lives should be due to hard space, not stuff most of us would know if we RTFM or reviewed the launch film in slo-mo or saw missing leading edge tiles upon return. And people told us. It's still triggering, I guess!
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I agree with everything you said EXCEPT your complaint about the SRBs being made in Utah. Unless they're manufactured on-site at Cape Canaveral (which is impossible), they're going to have be broken down and shipped in sections. There's no way around that, it doesn't matter if they're made down the road in Orlando, Alabama, or California. By your logic, every other rocket motor made is pork and a scam, too.
Most rocket motors are made in the western United States so that you don't endanger large populations if the solid fuel manufacturing facility goes kaboom, which explodes with the yield of a small nuclear device (reference: the PEPCON rocket fuel facility in Henderson, Nevada that exploded in 1988; the series of explosions were so large that residents in rural areas thought that World War III had started and military bases near Las Vegas were being hit with nuclear weapons; the two largest explosions were in the kiloton range and we had to prove to the rest of the world that were weren't doing nuclear testing in violation of treaty).
I also love the stories Kathy Sullivan says inn Michael Lewis's book The Fifth Risk. Like when NASA engineers were obsessed with creating a universal space bras (in the same way men wear universal space boxers) and she had to carefully explain to them that breasts don't work like that.
Or the fact there are two types of astronauts: scientists and military pilots. And the women are usually among the scientists while the pilots are usually these overmasculine macho dudes. And one of them started to talk down to her and even said something in the lines of that she's only there because of political agenda and she told him "Do you understand that this is a science mission? And I'm the scientist. This is all about my work. You're just a glorified cab driver"
Most military pilots don't think of themselves as bus drivers, but they are. It's something like 100 to 1 regular scheduled flights to 'combat missions', even in the armed forces. They nevertheless train them and live expecting to do irregular and difficult things under combat stressors, but kinda not expecting to fly back and forth from one airport to the other providing cargo and passenger transport service. Another case of living in two worlds at once.
That female scientist doing frontier research, challenging our current understanding of things, including that meat head pilot, was more of the modern warrior spirit than he, IMO. It's tough work to peer in the cracks of research that self declares its work as iron clad. Tough work to get the grants and attention and acceptance required to conduct research into matters the layman would consider solved. She's not defending herself as a female with her statement, she's defending her work. She's not attacking this male pilot, she's attacking his lack of understanding of the purpose of their mission. Warriors attack.
You sorted all the pieces before assembly instead of rummaging around in a pile? I never once thought of that as a kid
Knolling. It's prreettttty cool.
I, for one, am disgusted by this efficiency. It means we didn't get to hear her talk longer.
I taught my son to be organized when completing a project. He learned the value of planning and organization.
I consider this to be absolute heresy...
Couple of my mates are working in construction/civil engineering, and they explained that 70+% of their job is logistics and planning - getting the correct amount of stuff delivered in the right order on schedule - and I realized I luckily went into another field of work.
From now on, every time I hear the name "John Glenn", I will silently say "American Hero" sarcastically.
john glenn - american "hero"
Lol
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When he was in Congress, he was asked if he would support a law, that would require every bill proposed in Congress to be accompanied by text that shows what part of the Constitution authorizes them to write such a bill. Glenn said no, because if they were required to do that, nothing would ever get passed!
Gut punch but also…..yeah. You described it perfectly with explanation that it seems like we are living in dual worlds
She's the first person to ~admit~ to pooping in space.
Fucking hero.
The same people arguing that "They didn't know how periods work in space" are the same people who think you need gravity to pee 🤣
brb, gonna go hang upside down. Wish me luck.
@@A.F.Whitepigeon how'd it go? 😂
Would high calcium change the characteristic of human female period? Would 0g change blood supply somehow? Do you know? Before you check - you can't be sure. Assuming everything will be ok is not the way to go in space, I would imagine
@@kotovnikthegreat Do you know how a tampon works lmao
@@kotovnikthegreatso several things here:
1. They were flying missions that lasted hours until they started going to the moon. A normal menstrual cycle comes roughly every 21-35 days. So the ability of a female astronaut to pilot a mission when she’s not on her period is quite easy.
2. Your periods are controlled by hormones. One of the major hormones is estradiol, which is the most potent estrogen in the body and regulates calcium.
3. Calcium levels fluctuate with the menstrual cycle. Women with PMDD and PMS tend to have lower calcium levels and some research has demonstrated that calcium supplementation improved PMS and PMDD symptoms.
4. Women don’t have to have periods. It is generally not dangerous to suppress menstruation. Hormonal birth control was introduced in 1950. While continuous birth control for period suppression was not investigated until the 1970s, if NASA was interested in sending women to space they absolutely could have studied continuous birth control even for just a short time. We know now that it is safe, so they would have figured that out had they been interested.
Using menstruation as an excuse to exclude women from space flight is nothing but misogyny.
Every now and then the Navy says “hey, women would be great submariners” for the same reasons about astronauts. Then someone says “but pregnant” and they drop it
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“You can’t even lie?!? To a little girl?!?” This video made me laugh and cry.
The term "pre-pregnant woman" is something I've never heard before, and its absolutely terrifying in its implications.
Love this video! My mum has been working as a policy liaison officer for the Australian Space Agency for a while now, and sadly these kinds of "white cis men are the default" decisions are still so prevalent. I wont list any specifics, but it's clear the agency has gained a lot of knowledge about women and art thanks to her!
Thank you and your mother for your service to humanity!
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@@Christian___ I think you missed the point. Radiation causes cancer too. It's a risk choice (right, I said "choice"). Gender doesn't matter.
@@Christian___ I don't think you're grasping the implication, Christian. Nobody was asking (and many nowadays still wouldn't) "if a woman was intending on having kids in the future", no. A woman was intended to give birth, hence "pre-pregnant". Medically, calling someone pre-[condition] means that the condition will develop unless intervening actions are taken or as a matter of fact (e.g. pre-menopausal, pre-diabetic). It's saying the woman WILL be pregnant, because "that's what they do".
IDK if you're unaware of the patriarchal expectation of motherhood that's mandated socially and even legally or you're pretending to be oblivious.
@@Christian___Humanity is in no danger of dying out, Christian.
Good to know that Congressmen embarrassing themselves for posterity is a long and proud American tradition
Love your content. I hope this channel takes off like a rocket for you. It needs to reach the ears of those who need to hear it; both the gate keepers and those left on the other side of the fence for no good reason.
This is really kind, thank you!
@@acollierastroAnd it came true!
I feel like if your question is "how many tampons do we need for a (less than one month) mission?" the sane ballpark, if you don't want to ask a woman, is whatever happens to be in one box sold at a supermarket.
You’re a great storyteller! I hope your channel goes to the moon.
about the tampon defenses: It does sound like a case of "well meaning but ultimately dumb" to me. Like, my clueless boomer dad would probably buy me 100 tampons if I asked him to bring me some from the store. What pisses me off is that so many guys today feel like they have to defend those "well-meaning but (in the case of tampons) dumb" people who asked. They actually spend their time coming up with arguments, why estimating 100 tampons was actually super duper smart of those superior male scientists and how we women folk would never understand why that's actually a genius move. Why can't they admit that it was kinda dumb to ask that, laugh about it, maybe learn from it and move on?? some dude 50 years ago made a blunder and people who weren't even born at that time get butt hurt about it. Why do they take it so personally??
@@Christian___My god, man, give it up! Go watch the video again.
Fun quote from a book I read recently:
Here’s the thing: Dr. Rhea Seddon, the only combination medical doctor, astronaut, and period-haver in the class of ’78, helped make the decision about how many tampons to include. According to a 2010 interview, the large number of tampons was a safety consideration. As she said, “There was concern about it. It was one of those unknowns. A lot of people predicted retrograde flow of menstrual blood, and it would get out in your abdomen, get peritonitis, and horrible things would happen.”
We had to do worst case. Tampons or pads, how many would you use if you had a heavy flow, five days or seven days of flow. Because we didn’t know how it would be different up there. What’s the max that you could use? Most of the women said, “I would never, ever use that many.” “Yes, but somebody else might. You sure don’t want to be worried about do I have enough.”
From what I've read, there was significant resistance to Valentina Tereshkova (yes, you got her name right, BTW) becoming a cosmonaut. Chief Designer Sergei Korolev in particular was opposed to the idea. He thought it was just a publicity stunt. Tereshkova fought tooth and claw to be seen as the right candidate; but it still took a nudge from the political higher-ups to get her accepted into the programme. In a way, Tereshkova was accepted not because she made the grade (but she definitely had made the grade!) but because she was viewed as a propaganda instrument.
Unfortunately, Tereshkova's flight in June 1963 aboard Vostok 6 did not quite go according to plan. She was supposed to have "close encounters" with the Vostok 5 capsule carrying Valery Bukovsky; but his capsule ended up in a lower orbit than intended due to a minor technical glitch with the rocket.
Also, Tereshkova suffered terrible space sickness. She tried to hide this from the ground controllers, but ended up not following procedures in her radio communications. Korolev assumed that it was because she was simply forgetting all the procedures, and thus vindicating his opposition to her inclusion in the space programme.
Perhaps illustrating the widespread attitude about women in space, the Soviet Union did not send another woman into space until 1982, when Svetlana Savitskaya became the second woman to fly into orbit. Two years later, during her second spaceflight, Savitskaya became the first woman to carry out an EVA.
And Tereshkova publicly suggested to reset presidental terms of Putin during Constitution change, so he can stay as president. She is like evil villain hated by humanic part of russian society.
The history of women's rights in the Soviet Union is pretty fascinating. On the one hand, one of the claims made by communists going back to Marx and Engels is that communism will be more gender-equal than capitalism and women were legally given equal rights with the founding of the country in 1917, almost 50 years before the US. One of the propaganda strategies of the Soviets was to demonstrate they were more socially progressive than the US, and in lots of ways this wasn't just propaganda, they actually were often on the right side (opposing apartheid, for just one example). And on top of that, women had been even more essential in the Soviet military in WWII than in the West, especially in the Air Force, and had been publicly recognized and high decorated. On the other hand, there's no shortage of misogyny in Russian culture, no least among the powerful men who ran the thing.
@@camipco It is interesting to learn about how vocal the USSR was against Apartheid, whilst also at the same time engaging in pretty wild systemic racism and violence against non-Russians in their own territory. Very much a "for me, not for thee" mentality... like a lot of things the USSR did, it was a performative gesture to the international public that did not reflect the reality of what went on inside their state borders.
@@camipco tbf a lot of the new states that were founded as a result of WW1, including the Soviet Union had equal political rights. An event where you have to write a new constitution is conducive of making changes and women's suffrage was a widespread movement across europe by that point. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Austria, USSR, etc. etc. all had equal political/voting rights with their founding, they were new states. Meanwhile, the countries that didn't experience much change: France, Switzerland, UK etc. needed 10-80 more years. ALL those countries were and still are misogynistic and patriarchal whether women had rights or not. It's not that Russia was more progressive socially or were only enacting rights as a diplomatic boast, it's the circumstances - a state enjoying their geographic safety and spoils of war vs. a literal revolution
The tampons thing is so hilarious. If you haven’t found this channel, you my like the Vintage Space channel. She tells a lot of history of the Space Race, but also has several videos about lesser known (but totally awesome) female aviators - and wrote a book about them. She’s one of my favourite channels.
I’ll check it out, thanks for the rec!
Ok but on the nerdie birdies argument.
Yes? There are men like that around today? When that story was related to my class once a guy legitimately asked what was wrong with that. It’s still a bit of a taboo subject and like sure with a moment of thought you can realize like, ya it’s obviously too many, these guys clearly didn’t. So they asked the person most qualified to tell them.
@@aethelredtheready1739 It's indicative of men's ignorance for women's health. A grown man asking such naive question is a bit different from your classmate asking that question. (I'm assuming your classmate was relatively young)
@@justteathankyou.3642 One don't always seek answer to questions they're not confronted to.
@@gweltazlemartret6760 See, I think the issue here, the disconnect between the people talking about it is that there's a group that defends the engineers in question by saying "these taboos, this ignorance is very normal, a lot of people have that".
And there's another group that says "these taboos, this ignorance is not only ridiculous, but also some real trouble for society".
And all the first group hears when listening to the second group is an attack on the engineers, for some reason?
The term pre-pregnant woman is like calling women incubators
That was beautiful. You gave words to feelings I've had for a long time, especially as a trans person. Every time there's a piece of news about trans people, it's a roll of the dice; is my life getting more sucky today, or are people finding humanity within themselves? It feels like especially in this moment, we're experiencing a simultaneous advancement of acceptance and celebration, and advancement of cruelty, and I just have to watch, hoping that we take more steps forward than the people who want us dead do.
You're probably not reading these comments anymore, but I appreciate this video, and I hope there's a space for more in the future. I'm loving watching through your videos, they all have such great energy. May Artemis bless us all.
100 tampons is hilarious but on the scale of "don't know how women work" it's better than the guys who think a woman only needs one tampon per period.
Honestly my guess on how they came up with that number would be more along the lines of deciding on a weight allotment rather than ridiculously rounding everything up.
Ya and like. They asked. They realized they didn’t know, so they asked.
Yes they asked. It’s good they asked. But it is indicative of a fundamental lack of understanding. That lack of understanding is how we get lawmakers saying that women can control whether they let the sperm get into their uterus if they’re raped, that they can swallow a pill to look in their uterus to check the status of the fetus, or admit they have absolutely no clue how pregnancy even works, and then strip women’s reproductive rights away because they don’t understand or care to understand how women’s bodies work.
Yes these are all things that were said in public hearings by lawmakers in the US, all in states that then promptly banned abortion care despite being educated by OB/GYNs. These people grow up being raised in misogyny and their education does nothing to combat this world view. If they received comprehensive and accurate sex education in school, maybe even one of those lawmakers would view women as people.
They were experts whose job was literally to know those stuffs. The fact that they didn’t know shows a systematic lack of awareness about the presence of women in the real world
They were experts whose job was literally to know those stuffs. The fact that they didn’t know shows a systematic lack of awareness about the presence of women in the real world
@@senefelder To add to this, it also shows there were no women on the team making these decisions.
I’m obsessed with your content format(s) and the depth of conversation here. As a young grad student I want to have this depth of transparency with the other women in my own field.
The algo gave me your vid on string theory, and I've watched them all now, ending on this one! It's been a blast and I hope you keep making them. The 100 tampons story is incredible. You're a great teacher and I've got all this tv to watch but I chose to watch all of these instead because they're so engaging, fun, and interesting.
I've been trying to recommend to friends but so far I've had no takers lol, 'I'm watching a really good vid on adjunct professorship, it's like 45 minutes, but if you want.. no? okay', but I'll keep trying :D
Also for what it's worth, my ex studied theoretical physics in Dublin, don't remember the exact numbers but by the end year of the course it was around 100 men and less than 5 women. She was top of the class cause she's a badass, but switched fields for her phd. From her stories and yours it seems like physics is such a boy's club.
I was doing mechanical engineering there were 3 women for 257 men while all bioengineering fields had more women.
Men 5’5-6-etc, would restrict the candidate pool too much. Not taller than 5”11 is the upper limit, but the shorter (smaller) the better.
“Do you know how dangerous childbirth is for children?” Is not an answer I’d like to ever have to know.
21:28 “hopefully in 2024 there will be women on the moon”
I let out the most sarcastic laugh imaginable
I know that "lol" is often used hyperbolically, but the "we did it" joke at 10:10 absolutely killed me.
7:10. "Women became pilots and fought in the war". They became non combat service pilots in north America.
north america isn't the only continent in the world dumbass
I've been (binge?)watching all videos on the channel over this past week and made it pretty far into the catalogue, but when I heard you recommend this one on its probably not aliens, I decided to watch this one next.
Wow, I just found your channel and I fell in love with it! Amazing video with lots of interesting and frankly, frustrating stories. Love your take on this!
This was a great one. The story telling is spot on.
You made me laugh so hard... and then brought me to tears... well done!
Hey there! Been watching your videos recently and to say the least -shit I’m addicted. Oh well. Anyway, love your eloquence of the Artemis interweaving and loving your insight. Just also want to say thank you for making physics and such topics that I have never really cared about so much more enticing. Keep up the great work and looking forward to any and all uploads!
This is your first Lego build?? 🥺 my sister and I grew up with Legos! They were probably our favorite activity, tied with sewing little dresses for our dolls lol.
Thx for this informative video. We need more content, like yours, that make us think about our history, and the changes needed to achieve the best possible future
I really appreciate your work. Makes my head & heart hurt.
...as it should
I just found your channel last week, and I have already watched almost all of your videos You are brilliant, funny, and just so freaking interesting! Thank you for all of the work that you put into these videos.
Love your style telling the story. Putting the finger in to the wound and telling the bare truth. Keep going.
Sally Ride was so cool!! I did a short essay on her this past semester, fun assignment. I didn't know alot of this stuff, now I'm depressed :(
I can listen to you talking all day lmao keep up your work your videos have been very enlightening :)
This is a fantastic video. Super interesting and super funny! Love your content
I appriciate your content and enjoy your channel, I hope it grow!
I've got a hot take on the 100 tampons thing. Hot take alert!
Short version: I think when it comes to personal, sensitive issues involving a woman's health and body, there's one obvious choice on who the #1 expert and authority is: the woman. It's fine to laugh about it afterwards, but as a general rule, if you're in a position where you have to make an important decision that affects the health and safety of someone else, it's better to ask a stupid question, even if it reveals that you're incredibly ignorant of the subject.
Longer version:
In the year 2023, men generally are pretty ignorant about menstruation, and they tend to be squeamish and sensitive about the subject. I can't imagine that things were better 40 years ago. I think it would show exceptional insight and self-reflection for an engineer of that era to say "I'm pretty sure I know the right answer, but maybe I've been been wildly misinformed by authoritative voices that don't see women as full human beings." Asking is the right thing to do.
Presumably spouses, siblings or parents may have been asked. If they talked to someone who took the question very seriously, they'd probably get an answer like "Well, it depends, how heavy are her periods?" The clear next step: Ask.
This next part might seem like a stretch, but there's two ways to approach the question. The first way is to say "We're starting with a baseline of zero tampons. How many more than zero do you need?" And that's a crappy question to ask. Everyone involved knows that weight is important, and how awful would it be to have a discussion of "Do you really need 8? What if we did 4?"
But a different approach is to start way too high. "Hey Sally, we're trying to find some places to cut weight, and we have 100 tampons on the list. Is that the right number?" As long as the actual number needed isn't above 100, then it's easy. Everyone gets back to work and a lot of potentially awkward conversations gets skipped.
Finally, and this really isn't that important, but I remember seeing the movie Apollo 13 as a kid, and a big part of the mission's success revolved around the astronauts building a contraption to make an emergency repair. I don't know if tampons would have helped in that scenario, but when it comes to household objects that could be really useful in the hands of very smart people trying to improvise, tampons are probably in S tier. And in zero G, where liquids can be a huge problem, yes please! They're around a gram each, no clue how much volume if vacuum packed, but it can't be much. It's probably a good idea to pack a few even on an all-male mission.
Anyways, I said the important part in the short version. The stupid outcome would have been for the engineers to not ask an embarrassing question and Sally gets to space and finds either zero tampons, or she opens a locker in the bathroom and 20,000 tampons float out. To recap: If you're in a position where a woman's health depends on making the right decision, it's a really good idea to involve the woman in the decision.
So the problem is that men are “squeamish” and “uncomfortable” about a completely natural part of everyday life for half the population. Am I glad they asked? Yes. That’s great that they asked rather than sent up zero.
But the fact that they had zero clue how many tampons the average woman needs for one menstrual cycle is indicative of the larger problem, which is that men don’t know and don’t want to know how women’s bodies work. That mindset is why we have lawmakers asking if women can swallow a pill to look inside the uterus, saying that women can control if sperm goes into their uterus if they are raped, and that they are too dumb to understand pregnancy while simultaneously passing laws to control it.
Involving a woman in the decision could also have been asking a woman "hey, how many tampons do you need for 6 days?"
In our opinion, it highlights a larger issue... If there had been a woman on the team, she could have had that discussion with Sally, and gone back to them with a hard number. If there had been a woman on the team, she would have had a more reasonable/less patently ridiculous estimation. If there had been a woman on the team making this decision... this anecdote would not exist.
@@KitaBFawkes I think you're absolutely right. I work in tech, and occasionally I have to deal with the remnants of very bad naming decisions for technical terms (master/slave is the big one.)
I feel like that name would have got caught very early in the process if a few Black people had been involved in the naming decision.
@@WilliamRoyNelson And this is ultimately why representation is important. If you aren't inclusive, you *will* make decisions that harm people not included... Not even out of spite or hate, often just plain ignorance and lack of care.
I do not have anything witty to say, but I would like to let you know that I really appreciate the videos you create.
omg - first ever lego build 😮.
As for the height requirement, I think you're right about the height & payload aspect, but there's another aspect... a friend of mine who considered pursuing being a fighter jet pilot said that height also plays into your ability to handle extreme g-forces. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but he said, basically, that under extreme g's blacking out is common due to your blood pooling in certain parts of the body and not others, and taller people are more susceptible to this. In other words, being short is helpful for such jobs!
Another interesting point is that in the book "Starship Troopers" written in 1959 by Robert Heinlein, 100% of the spaceship pilots are women. I wonder if he was using data to support this idea or just telling stories....
I hadn't noticed that in Starship Troopers that is really cool!
There's also the fact that if you were too tall you simply wouldn't even fit in the capsule. You ever see how small the mercury capsules were?
I mean, just from a cargo perspective having to feed a small person instead of a big one is a lot better. If one has 120 pounds and another has 160 pounds that's a huge difference not only in size but also in terms of food supplies.
@@couchpotatoe91 It ripples even further down than that. They would drink less water, meaning the ship could have smaller recycling equipment. They breathe less air, meaning oxygen tanks can be smaller. Think of the tyranny of the rocket equation on all life support systems, and then we could just downsize them by 20-30%?! That's a very significant amount of savings.
that was great, i shed a little tear there at the end
Edifying and funny! You could easily do an HBO, Netflix, comedy special. You are a gift to the world 🌎
Omg I enjoyed every minute of this! ❤
Hang in there. Keep sharing your ideas and perspectives. You'll inspire women to do things maybe even you haven't imagined yet. You're a great communicator. That's all I've got for this.
I know it isn’t the main focus of the channel but I’d love to hear more of your political takes. I’m not American but I’m aware of and deeply concerned by recent political developments in your country. I hadn’t even considered that terminating a non-viable (ectopic, etc.) pregnancy would be considered “abortion” under state law. Truly horrifying. It can’t even be argued as a “pro-life” position as the only likely result is the death of both woman and fetus without intervention
see it's really frustrating. americans overwhelmingly hold certain opinions collectively, like that abortion should be legal, but our political system allows corruption by default so things like this become hot button topics
Due to how states rights work in the US, how fucked you are very much depends on which state you live. I live in California, and we voted to write abortion rights into our state constitution. America is like multiple countries in one, it really depends on where you live
this really shook me. thanks for making this video.
I hoped the other women astronauts in the class would have proposed a prank make up kit for Ride without NASA realizing.
I worked on fighter airplanes in the air force and they talk about height requirements for pilots because you might not be able to reach the controls and equipment that were designed for taller people. Though they were probably to strict on it.
I don't know what it is but i feel like there's something very special about your communication style and i love it. I only wish there were more videos on the channel to binge through
Bummer but not a surprise to learn about John Glen.
I went through the comments and I'm still not sure so I'll bite. *from my understanding* it's the uterine wall collapsing and tampons are definitely not going all the way up there. how does it get down to the tampons in microgravity? is it purely pushed out by the contractions? in space to pee they literally have suction hoses otherwise it just balls up after coming outside. how do you control it inside?
As far as I am aware the ussr also had a much shorter height requirement for early space flights. Yuri Gagarin was like 5 foot 2.
it is plainly obvious glenn was just upset that he didnt get first space shit. and honestly that's fair, i'd be upset too. just completely crestfallen to have lost out on that
Rewatching this video a yearish after the first time I saw it and I realize now as I should have then: this video will go down as one of the quintessential texts of this era and I’ll die on this hill.
I'd love to hear more about women in space.
Hey past Angela, it's June 2024 and I'm sure future you is aware of the delays till 2025 BUT just wanting to keep your hopes up because the acronym game is going strong with terms like VIPER and HALO being planned for use in space - how neat?! I'm told NASA are struggling with what SAILOR could represent for the Moon mission because they haven't had to think about it before but hopefully another delay will give them the time they need 🤞 (fingers crossed).
Did you watch "for all mankind"? Interesting show (except the last season)
They talk about the mercury women
Excellent video? Have you read the Lady Astronaut series? It really does a good of covering sexism in space programmes, also amazing stories.
I know this is so not the point of this video, but I’ve gotta say I’m shocked they don’t send astronauts up to space each with a space suit specifically tailored to them, like it seems like they’re just like ‘Oh yeah, grab a medium off the rack and throw it on there for the ladies’
I (male, 50, NL Europe) love your videos, especially when you talk about social issues /feminism. I like the construct of your arguments and never feel belittled if i don't grasp what you say right away. I've always believed in equality but you make me see that I have latent issues where I thought I was a equal opportunity person. Not huge maybe but just in not thinking about my thought pattern.
Hold up... Wait a minute... Something ain't right... How did you make it all the way to adulthood and a PHD in STEM without ever having built a Lego set!?!? Your next mission, should you choose to accept it is to play Kerbal Space Program and get boots on the Mun.
That's what I was thinking!
Oh I would love to see that!!
Yes we need a ksp stream!
+1
God damn, your video's ar always a delight but that ending was absolutely surreal. I have never thought about it in the way you put it despite me already have been critical of capitalism before. Absolutely incredible stuff, as always!
Thanks for sharing these views and this side of you.
this vid certainly took a turn, and I'm a big fan of that
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Have you read Fighting for Space? I think you are giving Glenn an overly outsized role here.
So this is why I wrote an email to you with this exact name about why you should consider join up with Forrest Valkai
Your comment on 5 foot 2 inch pilots is spot on, they do the same thing in Formula One and MotoGP…
25:19 I can't help but notice that you did the same thing that I did for a long time, thinking it's "harbringer" and not "harbinger"
Any advice for a father of a science-minded daughter? I have a BS in Enviro Science so I feel I can help explain concepts to her when she's older (she's turning 5 in August!), but navigating all the extra bullshit she'll potentially have to deal with... I feel ill-equipped and very anxious about it. I would love to know your thoughts. Great video, btw!
Sucks to say but the answer is probably "dont raise her in America"
based on this comment, Just be yourself, You'll do great:)
I'd try to understand her question first by asking followup questions if it's one that catches you off guard, and then explain things to her in a way that's truthful but is appropriate for her level of comprehension. You don't need to have all the answers - just do your best :).
Also, I'm a big advocate of teaching children, especially little girls, explicitly what is or isn't okay during interactions with other people and what the correct anatomical names for body parts are so they can accurately communicate what happened if anything does happen. It's important to both say and demonstrate that it's okay to tell you anything that makes them uncomfortable and they can go to you anytime. My mom also taught me to walk with my head held high, move with purpose, and have a calm, understated "don't fuck with me" attitude whenever I'm in a risky situation, like a parking lot after dark or a room full of sexist men. It's helped me a lot 😂
criminally underwatched
I’d really like to see your take on how every other country treats men differently from women.
‘You can’t take that away from us’ - I’m fairly certain this would be a common proud moment among all men for age 8 to 95 - I don’t know why I don’t know this!
Side thought - oh, I hope someone bought that makeup kit - that is a treasure - for antique collectors, space buffs, makeup historians, any historian … just everyone - a note of exasperation for the time, but such a unique artifact for history - but I can’t imagine with the technology restraints and all the worries of space travel, it’s crazy they thought it was necessary
A few years ago I needed some Lego minifigs for photo props. Get a few men, get a few women... except there weren't any women minifigs. I was was rather annoyed "didn't all this crap get sorted out years ago?"
Thank you for this video
Just started the video, but I would absolutely listen to you talk about women in space for an unlimited amount of time! edit : especially after watching this. A lot of these thoughts are horrifying but it's nice to hear them verbalized & talked about !
Great video, but first ever Lego build ! That's criminal !
There are so many topics that you wanted to touch on here.. I would appreciate to hear them. I think we would agree on so many things, and respectfully disagree on many others.. this is not what makes us men and women. This is what makes us human beings.. I enjoy your videos, although I have only recently found them.
Jokes on you i want you to talk about women in space forever
This took a turn I wasn't expecting, but it was powerful. And this was 7 months ago when you posted this. Things have gotten crazier since then. Particularly in Florida. Has anyone given any thought to what will happen if DeSantis chooses Marjorie Taylor Greene for his running mate?
Oh shit. I haven't been paying attention. Guess I need to look at the news 🙄
"what will happen if DeSantis chooses Marjorie Taylor Greene for his running mate?"
If sanity wins out, the GOP suffers a humiliating loss. OTOH, there's history: They win by some stupidly small amount, rule as if they have the biggest majority in the history of the planet, and take the US back to 1940, if not the Inquisition.
Hi, I'm from the future. Spoiler: absolutely nothing. People always having panic attacks over nothing.
7:06 : Women didn't *fight* in World War 2. They weren't allowed to. The women pilots in WW2 were only allowed to be "ferrying" pilots (e.g. "We just built a fighter plane in detroit, and we need it in thus-and-such airbase in England, so somebody needs to fly it there"), or to fly other non-combat missions.
well american women didn't
@@astreinerboi : Good point.
The WASPS women's army service pilots.
Thanks!
Cool legos and cool topic
Except the hellish parts, but i guess thats the world we've created 💀
I interpret Glenn’s response differently. He sounds like a trained engineer with a military background answering the exact question asked as elegantly as possible. He said he would be happy to work with a woman astronaut and agreed that the test flight program was a requirement and that women were excluded. He was not asked,from what I can see, if he thought the test program should be changed to include women. Someone should have asked him, true, but it’s unfair to criticize someone for failing to volunteer information in a congressional hearing when absolutely every lawyer prepping him for weeks had been saying what every lawyer says: don’t say a word more than you have to say
I love your videos. Even the heavy ones. Especially the heavy ones.
Margaret Hamilton wrote the navigational code for all the landings. It was a stack as tall as she was!
I'm annoyed that the legos keep my attention. Like I want to be mad because it's infantilizing, but it also works so well that I have no right to complain lol.
You are such a nerd! I LOVE IT!
Those last ten minutes were sobering.
Some time around the 1990s, I felt like things were moving in the right direction for women in the West. Was I living in blissful ignorance, or have we really gone backwards since then?
The video is mostly propaganda.
Hang in there. We're going to vote. We're going to do more than vote, we're going to engage in politics and we're going to be loud doing it. Much love from Texas.
Thanks, found you on reddit -- liked and subbed!
Thanks! I'll check out your channel!
@@acollierastro Thank you and much appreciated
Okay this is epic
In a logical world they would have sent a group of tiny women into space.
Wouldn’t her flow cause her to bleed out over that 6 day period(hah) if 100 tampons were required and used appropriately?
Wonderful lego rocket.
I think the explanation for the wild difference between technological progress and political/ethical regression is that medieval thinking never really went away.
In my experience many people still believe you can catch cold from being cold. And that if something doesn't happen to the person next to you, It won't happen to you. And that if bad things happen to people, it's because they've been bad and they deserve it. Etc ad nauseam.