Part 4 of Are We Over the Moon?, featuring Sarah Ratley, former pilot and member of the “Mercury 13”, describing her experience in being trained as an astronaut only to be denied the opportunity due to institutional sexism.
Are We Over the Moon?:
Part 1: Gene Cernan / Last Man on the Moon
Part 2: John Logsdon / Space Race
Part 3: Al Hallonquist / Mercury 13
Part 4: Sarah Ratley / Almost Astronaut
Part 5: Bob Richards / Moon Express
Part 6: Dan Durda / Future Moon
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