NASA Launches New Website, Celebrates Women’s Contributions to Science and Exploration
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NASA debuted its new Women@NASA website during a Women’s History Month event at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington on March 16. Approximately 200 local students from elementary through high school learned about the significant and varied roles women have played in the agency’s history. NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver hosted the event; featured guest was Valerie B. Jarrett, senior presidential advisor and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. The one-hour program also featured NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who recently returned from more than five months aboard the International Space Station, and other notable NASA women whose profiles are on the Women@NASA website.
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NASA Launches New Website, Celebrates Women’s Contributions to Science and Exploration
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1‑We’re just looking at the future mothers of the crew and captains Janeway! 😀 2‑Fantastic job,NASA! 3- Wonderful women for sure! 4- My favorite part: the astronaut speech, especially the last 5 minutes, at the end! 5- Wow!!! I wish the stars could appear on the videos! — God bless you! 😀 …To boldly go where no man has gone before!!! Yay!! XD
😉 amazing…
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE i know what you mean.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE I think a comment like that could only be made by someobody who is already divided.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE Societies for centuries have been dominated by men. It is important to see that in a modern, democratic society, contributions can be made by all — provided they are given the opportunity.
I can’t believe your comments deserve much respect here, so stop giving yourself thumbs up.
Sharing space with women is a cozy idea!
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE Everyone’s contributions are appreciated! And everyone’s talents are needed… The emphasis on women and minorities is not an attempt to underemphasize White men or anyone else… The emphasis is to encourage the contribution of talent from people who have historically not contributed… It’s about full employment of talents to solve our common problems. So, if you are contributor then I thank you and ask that you continue to do so… You should appreciate the new company!
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE i only made it to 15 mins. and the sooner we see each other as humans and that we are the same the sooner we are to excel.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE I see that you, like myself, are an idealist. And you long for a day where humanity is not pigeonholed by race, gender, religion, age, nationality etc… But we do not live in an ideal world. We live in a world where people see themselves and others by their differences and not so much by their similarities. And these differences are attached to self-expectations and expectations of others. Too many women and minorities don’t expect to do well in science and technology.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE I agree that the program should have been packaged differently. Perhaps, instead of their being a panel of only women, there should have been men there to invite these young ladies into the world of science, engineering and technology. You see, these young ladies are strangers in the world of science, engineering and technology. And strangers prefer to be invited. And all this effort is, in a nutshell, is an invitation. They are inviting the talents of our young girls.
Great job, NASA. It’s high time that we invite the talents of our young girls into the world of science, engineering and technology. As we know, science, engineering and technology impacts the world of women; and so, it only makes sense that women impact the world of science, engineering and technology in balance. Some will naturally disagree with your approach but rarely do they offer realistic alternatives to your focused approach. Some of these young ladies will accept your invitation.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE My comment may have sounded like a cheap shot, but what I meant was that you have given the impression that you are sour grapes about minorities getting credit for their achievements.
It would be nice if we were completely blind to differences between humans, but history doesn’t allow us to do that. Recognizing that Blacks and women have made great strides in our society is important, as this is not the case in most of the world.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE I absolutely agree that every child needs encouragement and an invitation to participate in science, engineering and technology. I also allow that when a particular group is underrepresented in an area where they are greatly needed then it is necessary to personally invite them. And if I thought that inviting young girls and minorities was going to reduce the number of men of European descendence from lending their talents to science, engineering and technology,
@kosmopolitisch I would join your argument… but, inviting young girls and minorities does not uninvite everyone else… and I wouldn’t have a problem with young boys of European descendence being encouraged to participate if their numbers were underrepresented… We need everyone contributing is my point… and some of these young people don’t even have a clue that it is possible for certain people to accomplish certain things… Sad but true.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE I would join your argument… but, inviting young girls and minorities does not uninvite everyone else… and I wouldn’t have a problem with young boys of European descendence being encouraged to participate if their numbers were underrepresented… We need everyone contributing is my point… and some of these young people don’t even have a clue that it is possible for certain people to accomplish certain things… Sad but true. Btw, I appreciate your views.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE I absolutely agree that the lack of money is the ultimate disadvantage. we aren’t facing a simple problem and there are no simple solutions. But I do feel that it’s necessary to invite young girls to consider the sciences, engineering and technology. And the employment of their talents will create income for themselves and many others.
People need sax, even in space =)
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE You ask how is it equal? I ask how is it equalizing to continue forward in a fashion that has historically led to poor representation of women and minorities in the field of science, engineering and technology? I ask how is it fair to society to continue a process that denies it the fullest employment of all of its talent? Women and minorities offer cooperative competition. Cooperative competition leads to better performance from everyone involved and greater balance.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE Why does the effectiveness of a role model increase with the level of which someone identifies with them? Well… I can’t answer that question. I surmise that we tend to believe in ourselves more when the struggles of a person to achieve success closely matches our own… If a mother-to-be meets a mother who describes what she went through to lose weight after having a baby… then her account might proves to be more encouraging… Why? Again, I don’t know. Maybe emotions.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE The war to these ladies is far from over. The radical feminist will not give up until every last single citizen is a by-product of in-vitro fertilization.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE When someone is invited to participate that does not mean that they will not have to work just as hard as others around them. The invitation or welcoming, whichever applies best, simply informs someone that they have the option of competing alongside everyone else. It’s like being a school that has been traditionally overlooked for whatever reason. And then you get a letter in the mail that says you are invited to compete with others schools that have always been invited.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE “How do boys of today have it easier?” Inviting girls to consider science, engineering and technology fields does not imply that boys have it easier. It implies that numerically the number of women found in these fields is a smaller fraction than the number of women in the general population; and so, there is the need for more women and their talents. Especially since women benefit from these fields much more than they contribute to them. This invitation puts them to work.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE “How do boys have less barriers…?” Some barriers are within a person. And oftentimes, they are simply emotions such as fear and anxiety. I believe they are encouraging people who fear that they don’t have a chance in these fields because they don’t see many people that suggest otherwise. This effort only demonstrates that “nothing beats a failure but a try…” They are only asking them not to be afraid to try.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE The comment section of Youtube is difficult to follow; and so, I have to search for your responses because they don’t seem to flow chronologically. At any rate, you are correct. Some personalities promote themselves not to achieve fair opportunity but to achieve a dominant position. These extreme personalities found in every group — empowered and unempowered… So, we will always be able to present a feminist for a sexist and a racist for a racist. My concern is for those..
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE My concern is for those in the middle… which is most of us…
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE Extremism of any sort is the death of humanity… in my humble opinion… You have made some excellent points… and I appreciate them.
@LIONOFTHEBRAVE When women are treated equally, paid equally, and occupy 50% of the science fields, then we won’t need to have particular months dedicated to such awareness. Unfortunately, being born a white man still holds a lot of girth in determining what position you can occupy in this country. Until you’ve had quarters thrown at you on the street and been passed up for jobs because of your gender, then you will understand that there is still a lot of change to be done.