An astrophysicist told Newsweek the walk 'represents years of dedication, study, hard work, and pushing limits and that is truly inspirational.'
:"This decision was based on my recommendation. Leaders must make tough calls, and I am fortunate to work with a team who trusts my. We must never accept a risk that can instead be mitigated. Safety of the crew and execution of the mission come first."the all-female spacewalk is"both historic and inspirational."
"Despite many talented female scientists and engineers, spacewalks have been a male-dominated activity," he said.before, it has always been with a male counterpart. This first all-female spacewalk is long overdue. Jessica Meir and Christina Koch are following their childhood dreams of being astronauts and 'walking' in space. It represents years of dedication, study, hard work, and pushing limits and that is truly inspirational.
"All over the world lots of little girls—and little boys—will be watching and they'll be dreaming that they'll be walking in space when they're grown up," he added."If that inspires them to dedicate their lives to scientific or technologicalNASA astronaut Christina Koch pictured at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Trainingin Star City outside Moscow on February 20, 2019. Koch is due to make history in the first all-female spacewalk.
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