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October 19th 03, 10:04 PM
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 15:18:11 -0400, "Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj"
wrote: :P.S. First American woman in space was what - 20 years after :Tereshkova? Yes, the difference being that we didn't send one until she had an actual purpose in being there. 'Parachute packer in a can' as a 'first' is hardly something to be beating your chest about. Sour grapes? I believe that in addition to the obvioous political political purpose, they even manufactured a set of 'opportunity knocks' scientific, medical, purposes for launching her. As a slight parallel, What was the purpose of Senator John Glenns' 1998, STS-95 return trip into space? Senate appropriations. What else? 
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