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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to 'small men' on the internet: 'I should have expected this.'

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100th woman in space stands up to small men on the internet

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Emily Calandrelli made history on Nov. 22, 2024, when she became the 100th woman to go to space. But thanks to "small men on the internet," the monumental milestone was marred by misogyny, Calandrelli said. "I didn't expect to see so many people really mocking a reaction to a dream like that," Calandrelli told Live Science. "I got to experience something that only 100 women in history have seen, and 700 humans in the history of this planet, out of 100 billion humans that have ever lived - of course I'm going to have a pretty extreme reaction to that."

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 139 - Look to the Skies

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"I didn't expect to see so many people really mocking a reaction to a dream like that," Calandrelli told Live Science. "I got to experience something that only 100 women in history have seen, and 700 humans in the history of this planet, out of 100 billion humans that have ever lived - of course I'm going to have a pretty extreme reaction to that."

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