“First Woman” Is Now Available In Iceland
“First Woman” Is Now Available In Iceland
Keith’s note: On Saturday I posted a series of links about NASA’s decision to try and erase all mention of the two “First Woman” graphic novels it released several years ago. It did not work. They are spreading. The Iceland Space agency is now featuring them and will soon have links to both documents.
Daniel Leeb, the Executive Mission Director at the Iceland Space Agency saw my posting on LinkedIn. He replied:
“The Iceland Space Agency will host and post First Woman issue one and two on our website come monday morning . We will also start an initiative to have this translated into Icelandic … and to continue the story.
I hope for my daughters and all the daughters on earth, that we can all begin to use our voices to push back and say clearly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not the boogyman some would have you believe, in fact it is a foundational strength in geopolitics, economics, and in society as a whole. When we include more diverse voices, from more varied backgrounds, we all succeed, only then can 1 giant leap lead to exponential progress for all humankind on Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond.”
Iceland has long been a desirable place for scientists to study terrains which resemble those we expect to find on other worlds. Iceland has also hosted astronaut training for more than half a century for Lunar and now Martian exploration missions.
The interest in having an exploration program that is representative of all of humanity is important. While it may no longer be of interest to the current ruling party in America, it is flourishing elsewhere.
Ad Astra per ardua
Til stjarnanna í gegnum brattann
Through struggle to the stars
See “You Can Still Read NASA’s Deleted “First Woman” Graphic Novels“, NASAWatch