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Became forever enshrineded in first all-female space walk and it included a call with president trump. for a space geek like me it's an awesome thing. it's been a long journey for women in space. at the start of the space program nasa actually thought women would be better astronaut candidates than men. they were lighter, smaller and required less oxygen, but when space flight turned into a space race with russia, it was thought, men better handle the task. as you can imagine, there were other hair brained impediments for women. yes, some scientists wondered how women would handle menstruating...

Now. as far the space suits we heard about. the first all female space walk that was supposed to take place earlier this year. that was an issue that comes from money. nasa would love to have suits in every size to fit men and women. they are dealing with a handful of space suits that are 40 years old. in the american people have a problem with it, congress needs to give them more money to get new space suits. >> martha: put their money where their mouth is. your mom withdraw a space pioneer. the first mom to go into space? >> yes and the 4th american woman to go into space. i talked to her ea...

Wrote about the process of running for president and how brutal it is. i don't think people who say they're going to run for president know it -- it's like the astronaut program. you could be in the simulator all you want. once you get out there, you know, it's different. what do you know know about that process that you didn't know going in? first of all, i was living under -- >> first of all, i was living under the constraints of the campaign finance reform and we couldn't run a 50-state campaign, and i wanted to desperately. i had to powell of colorado and virginia -- had to pull out of col...

Was a big reason that i joined the astronaut program. back when i was seven years old, i heard about him going in orbit around the earth and i said "that's what i want to do someday." >> i might have gone to space camp once or twice. this is just a name growing up in this country you know and look up to. tell me about -- what imprint has he left. >> well, he made a tremendous impression just by being willing to get on the rocket and other bit the earth, he did that for his country and it was something that was important for the country at the time and i know that when he came back to fly the s...

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