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② [[boxed]] 6 women [[/boxed]] meanwhile — shuttle design & dev well underway. Mid 70's: reality. need new astros. None since 60's. 1977 accepted applications. Era when considered important & desirable to ↑ # of women & minorities in all professions (in & out of gov't). NASA aggressively encouraged women & minorities to apply 10000 → 35 (15/20) 6 (joined ~25 who had been around since 60's — many hadn't flown) [4 of 5 career astronauts on SIL] [[boxed]] Launch [[/boxed]] 1st launch: 1981 (1st US astros to space since '75 — one joint US/sov) 1st 4: verify concept (rocket, spaceship, airplane) each carried only 2 [[boxed]] STS-7 [[/boxed]] > 4 test flts, ready to do what it was designed to do (satellites, exp. into space) expanded crew ↑ to accomplish this 1st crew of 5/1st to include '78/crip/rick during 3 yrs of operational flights (83-85) [[boxed]] PAM [[/boxed]] COMM SATS: US Space | Western Union | Australia Navy | Canada | Consortium of Arab | Mexico | → Indonesia [[boxed]] CHARLIE [[/Boxed]] RESEARCH: PHARMACEUDICALS | PHYSIO/BIO MATERIALS | SPACE SCIENCES GEOLOGY [[boxed]] MMU [[/boxed]] SPACEWALKS(REPAIR SATELLITES, RETRIEVE BROKEN ONES) [[boxed]] CAPE COD [[/boxed]] EARTH OBS(PHOTO PICKED AT RANDOM) DURING 1st 24 flt, HUGE PRESSURE TO BE "OPERATIONAL", PLENTY of PROBLEMS TO INDICATE HIGH RISK, TEST VEHICLE [2 ENG SHT (PAD), 1 FLT, BRAKES]