Why NASA canceled the 1st all-female spacewalk:
Cries of discrimination and jokes about gender dominated social media Tuesday after NASA announced it would cancel the first all-female spacewalk planned for this week.Originally, rookie astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch were supposed to head"outside" the International Space Station to install lithium-ion batteries for one of the station's solar array pairs.
"McClain learned during her first spacewalk that a medium-size hard upper torso – essentially the shirt of the spacesuit – fits her best. Because only one medium-size torso can be made ready by Friday, March 29, Koch will wear it," NASA said in a statement. A few years ago, an Italian spacewalker experienced severe flooding in his helmet due to a suit leak, cutting short a spacewalk and potentially putting his life at risk.. It demonstrates that spacesuits are delicate instruments and can only be configured with great care.
, but said that ultimately the mission has to come first. She added there are no immediate plans to schedule a replacement all-female spacewalk.
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