Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for February 28, 2021

She’s quite a woman. This is a thumbnail, more of her accomplishments can be found at

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison

Tres cool.

Gladdens the heart!

So very cool!

The last comment makes me wonder if any other real astronauts were on Star Trek.

Let me guess. The tee-shirt she most often wears is the one that says, “I Was On Star Trek.”

Doesn’t matter the color of your skin. It’s what’s inside that counts.

We need a new space shuttle.

Tomorrow is the start of Women’s History Month. There have been 65 Women Spacefarers. This is a short list of some of the 1st that made history.

Valentina Tereshkova First woman in space. Soviet Union

Svetlana Savitskaya First woman to perform a spacewalk. Soviet Union

Sally Ride First American woman in space. USA

Judith Resnik second American woman in space. USA Died in the Challenger disaster.

Anna Lee Fisher First mother in space. USA

Kathryn C. Thornton First woman to make multiple EVAs. USA

Roberta Bondar First Canadian woman in space. Canada

Mae Jemison First African-American woman in space. USA

Ellen Ochoa First Hispanic woman in space. USA

Chiaki Mukai First Japanese woman in space. Japan

Eileen Collins First female shuttle pilot and shuttle commander. USA

Claudie Haigneré First Frenchwoman in space. France

Kalpana Chawla First Indian-Origin woman in space. USA Died in the Columbia disaster.

Yi So-yeon First Korean in space. South Korea

Liu Yang First Chinese woman in space. China

Samantha Cristoforetti First Italian woman in space. Italy

Christa McAuliffe Teacher in Space. USA Died in the Challenger disaster.

For a full list see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_spacefarers

I mentioned her in a science fiction short story I wrote which has been submitted for an anthology (no word yet on whether or not it was accepted). Unfortunately, she never taught a video lesson for children from space so I had to make up that part.

Mae Jemison and Kamala Harris. Maybe there’s hope for our species.And thank you, blakerl

I looked at that portrait before reading the words and initially mistook her for a kid.

Mae is a shining example of the best in human achievement.

I actually had read about her as part of the Endeavor crew – I was in school for that mission in ’87. I had no idea that she did show up on Star Trek though! A nice tip of the hat to people pushing the boundaries.

Hooray for having brown genitals!

I saw that episode. She was awesome.