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Re:NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man... by skellera on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @11:18AM (#24555476)
Currently, the push to become a multi-planetary species is just as much about marketing and it is about the technology. We need people excited for space so they go into fields where they can advance our ability to do stuff in space.

Finally putting a woman on the moon will give a face to young girls to look up to. That will bring a whole new set of smart people into the field. It’s not like we’re giving up on Mars because of it.

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Re:NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man... by throwawaybutwhy on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @02:57PM (#24558429)
Venturing beyond the Van Allen belts risks radiation damage to egg cells [0]. Not sure this is worth being excited about.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31885235/

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Re:NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man... by foxyv on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:10PM (#24558558)
Maybe the first woman on the moon already has children or doesn't want children in the first place. Or maybe the risk is worth it to her to have the opportunity to make history? Or she just stores eggs and goes the route of in-vitro.
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Re:NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man... by throwawaybutwhy on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:22PM (#24558675)
All of the above is possible. However, we should not lie (by omission) to gullible young people that space travel is safe. It is not and in the time frame of ARTEMIS, won't be.
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Re:NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man... by skellera on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @05:43PM (#24560292)
Well now that we’re sending women out there, there’s a good reason to solve it.

I’m sure there are a million other risks for going to the moon, seems a little reductive to say women shouldn’t go because it affects their eggs. They are more likely to die on their trip than if they didn’t go, yet we still send men.

Just like every other issue, we’ll solve them. But we don’t just give up.

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