Yes She Did!: Aerospace by Jenny Skogen

Author:Jenny Skogen [Skogen, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scobre Educational
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

For example, they tested Cobb's physical stamina by making her perform exercises, like riding a stationary bike, until she couldn't pedal anymore. A few of the stranger tests included electric shocks to check reflexes, ice water shots to the inner ear to find out how quickly a person could recover from being dizzy, and swallowing a three-foot rubber tube to test her stomach acid. They also had Cobb go through long periods of isolation, to see how she would hold up to the loneliness of being in space.

After passing all the exams, Cobb asked the government to let qualifying women train with men for space travel. However, at that time, NASA would only allow people who had military flight experience into their space program. In 1959, women were not allowed to fly in the military, and thus were not eligible for space travel. Many people thought that an exception should be made for Cobb—whose 10,000 flight hours was more than double that of some qualifying male astronauts.

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