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Monday, October 22, 2007 12:00 AM

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Two firsts for space travel, one (coincidental) giant leap for womankind.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Monday, October 22, 2007 08:37 AM

    Hooray for women in science!

    It's great to see this story getting wider coverage. We hear so little about the space program anyway, except that every time a shuttle goes up, everyone's worried it's going to explode. It's nice to have some good news for a change!

    I hope a lot of girls and young women are seeing this and are empowered by it. Now, if only we could get more than one or two female Fortune 500 CEOs at the same time...

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