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Women-Astronauts The iSeptember issue of MS, the m agazine for women, had a m ost interesting articel by Joan MrCullough concerning the fa te of women in the ranks of N.A.S.A. astronauts. Thanks to the news media, m ost of us are very well ac quainted w ith the phases of training an astronaut, y e t how en United whose aim is to pro m ote dialogue between women of different fa ith s to fo ster un derstanding and prepare children for global living. In 1974, 4 groups of women, 10 in each group, will v isit 4 Asian coun tries where th ey will m eet with women of all religions. The 4 groups will m eet in Japan with the women there. I had an op portunity to tell Mrs. McMillan about our Patriarch Slipyj and the problem of the Ukrainian Church and I gave her some lit erature. A t th e luncheon following, member organizations told what their group is doing or planning in the workshop areas. I spoke about U N W LA ’s belief in strengthening the fam ily struc ture rather than seeking su b sti tutes. I mentioned seminars and workshops in th is area. I str e ss ed th a t our members had expe rienced the dire consequences of having a fam ily torn apart be hind the iron curtain by political repression, aggression and ar- arrests. Several members had spoken of d ifficu lty in g ettin g volunteers — I said th a t U N W LA operates on a volunteer ba sis but th a t we were having some troubles g ettin g volunteers for social w elfare work and th a t the workshop conclusions would help us in th a t area. Alexandra Riznyk many know th a t in 1959 tw enty- five of the nation’s m ost able women pilots were asked to un dergo exactly the same tests to see if they m ight be suitable for space flig h ts. Ms. McCullough presents her report in a very concise and fa c tual manner, introducing and concentrating on the fir st candi date in th e wom en’s space pro gram — Jerrie Cobb. A t that tim e Ms. Cobb was 29,‘ a licensed pilot from the age of 16. She entered the program w ith 10,000 flig h t hours under her belt in ev ery type of aircarft. (It is inter estin g to note th a t John Glenn logged 5,000 hours at th e tim e of his initiation into the program and Scott Carpenter logged 2,- 900). She was chief pilot for an Oklahoma airplane m anufactur er, a flig h t instructor, held DC-3 captain’s rating, was a ground instructor in navigation, m eteor ology and aircraft and engines. Jerrie Cobb also held one world record for distance flying. W ith th ese credentials Ms. Cobb became th e fir s t woman to undergo the rigors o f space tests in the laboratory. The out come of each was ■— exception al. The other women candidates soon followed the sam e program. The clincher for Jerrie Cobb came w ith the final te s t at the N avy School of A viation at Pensacola, Florida. There she un derwent m any more te sts some of which were standard for N a vy pilots, others experim ental in nature, designed by the newly formed Aerospace Medical R e search Lab. Ms. Cobb came through w ith fly in g colors. H ow ever to her dismay she was named a consultant to N A SA rather than receiving im m ediate astronaut placement. N everth e less, according to Ms. McCul lough, Jerrie Cobb was pleased, since she was the fir st woman so honored. Out of the tw en ty -fiv e women applicants, thirteen had success fully weathered m ost of the tests in the program. Scientists ev a luating them concluded that women were ju st as capable and suitable as men for space flig h ts. In July of 1961 N A SA sud denly cancelled all further t e s t ing for women. Jerrie Cobb and the other tw elve trainees could not find a satisfactory answer either from N A SA nor from a Congressional sub-com m ittee hearing called for th is purpose. The hearing lasted two days and accomplished nothing. N A SA representatives were quoted as saying th a t th ey have enough problems to handle w ithout h a v ing to think about dealing with women. According to Ms. McCollough N A SA also bypassed seventeen women, fully qualified in fields directly related to space, to ac cept eleven men, four of whom were in their tw enties and four others who had not y e t obtained doctorates. A lthough now th e Navy, says Ms. McCullough, has accepted women in m ilitary flig h t training, the space pro gram is an “all male-club.” N A SA is giving women some thought. Chuck Berry, a N A SA adm inistrator puts it like this — “For long duration flig h ts such as Mars, the crews would be confined inside their space crafts for nearly a year. W ith so much tim e on their hands, th e y ’d react like . . . other nor mal human beings, th e y ’d want sexual diversion. It is therefore unrealistic to plan future flig h t w ithout coming to grips w ith the probelm of women. Naturally, the women would be fully-oper- ational crew members . . . not only there for sex .” How about that! З а в е р ш у є м о т р и д ц я т ь л іт „ Н а ш о г о Ж и т т я " 28 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛЮТИЙ, 1974 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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