4. When Clinton Wrote To NASA Asking How She Could Become An Astronaut As A Child... They Replied Saying Women Couldn't Be Space Travellers
During the 1960s, Clinton became fascinated by the US government's space programme and decided that she could see herself as an astronaut in the future. But, after writing to NASA in 1962 explaining her interest in becoming an astronaut and asking about how she could undertake such a career, she got a reply saying: "We're not interested in woman astronauts." Speaking of the reply, Clinton commented:
"And of course, there werent any women astronauts, and NASA wrote me back and said there would not be any women astronauts. And I was just crestfallen. NASA may have said I couldnt go into space, but nobody was there to tell Amelia Earhart she couldnt do what she chose to do.
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