by The first black woman who went into space took a little step for gender equality on Monday.
Dr. Mae Jemison, who spent eight days in space in September 1992, spent on Monday morning to comment on the Blue Origin Space flight with a purely female celebrity crew This included Katy Perry and Gayle King.
During a CBS news segment that was broadcast before the start of rockets, ever noticed how her own experience taught her that people can “be humanly centered that we are forgotten that we are part of this larger universe”.
She also threw her interviewer Vladimir Duthiers a small shadow after surprising that scientific experiments would take place during the flight.
“I don’t think a lot of people knew [that]”, Said the CBS moderator.” They thought there were only six women who went to space to have a Joy trip. “
“What do you mean, only six women?” Jemison pressed back.
“Well, I mean,” said Duthiers before his co -interviewer Nate Burleson tried.
“He speaks to the perspective and some of the stories that are out there,” said Burleson, and Duthiers took the lifeline.
“I mean!” Duthiers added: “I am glad that you are here to correct me this story.”
But Jemison had to correct the story again, almost immediately after Duthiers they asked to explain to the spectators. “Why even a trip like this, all the trips we take to space benefit humanity. “
Jemison then gently reminded of her interviewer, “Uh, so people benefit. “
It then promised to correct “humanity” and the “man -made” and the “manned missions” because precisely this mission expands the perspective of the room.
Duthiers, who understood the severity of the use of “humanity” in a situation that was supposed to celebrate women, quickly corrected.
“Humanity. I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he said.
Jemison then explained why space travel benefits everyone, regardless of gender.
“Why is space important?” she said. “If you just look at it, you get a perspective on this world when climbing that you cannot get when you look down on the floor and you can get it much faster.”
