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[[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] DEFINITE INSTITUTIONAL BIAS … BUT TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS (HAD NEVER WORKED WITH WOMEN) (PROBABLY INTERESTING SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY) ← BECAUSE OF WAY WOMEN WERE INJECTED IN ASTRO TRAINING => LENGTHY [1ST YEAR => AS CLASS] => THEN SPEND ~1-2 YRS ASSIGNED TO PARTICULAR PROJECT - SIMULATOR - TEST SHUTTLE SW - ENGINE TESTING - RMS DEVELOPMENT (ASTROS: REP & VOICE) QUITE HIGH LEVEL ACTIVITIES GO TO ALL THE MEETINGS (ALL LEVELS) => AT ALMOST EVERY MEETING I WENT TO ~ ONLY WOMAN ↔ NONE HAD HAD WOMAN BEFORE => BUT EFFECT ACCENTUATED (BECAUSE NOT AT LOW END .... ASTRONAUTS WORDS CARRY AT LOT OF WEIGHT …) → A FORCED CULTURAL CHANGE (FORCED FROM TOP ...... TAKES MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT TAKES TIME (EVEN TO BUILD UP #'S) CULTURAL CHANGE IS VERY DIFFICULT (NASA LOT OF PROGRESS, LONG WAY TO GO → JSC IS STILL ENGINEERING CENTER [[strikethrough]] mac [[/strikethrough]] MOST NOT ALL ENGINEERS ARE MALE MOST, NOT ALL, MANAGERS ARE MALE → BRIGHTEST SPOTS ~20% OF ASTROS = WOMEN HEAD OF THAT SPACE CENTER IS WOMEN BUT BALANCE AT ALL LEVELS HASN'T BEEN ACHIEVED CLH