Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Oops
NASA launched a fanfare of publicity for the first all-women space walk then at the last minute, it cancelled the effort. It belatedly realized it didn't have enough space suits of the right size. This bonehead mistake has created a furor and the obvious question of why the space agency didn't know that beforehand. NASA is a brilliant purveyor of publicity. It has managed through decades and lean budgets to keep the public attuned to space and its achievements there. One might forgive this error in light of everything else NASA has done, but the glaring nature of the goof calls into question of who is minding the agency. The public might not readily grasp large technical problems but anyone can relate to apparel that is the wrong size. NASA will make good eventually but by then it will be too late to garner the publicity it sorely wanted. All anyone will remember is that it should have happened long before.
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