It would certainly help counteract the negative publicity about questionably-sane stalker astronauts who wear diapers cross-country.
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20071023/471d71c0_3ca6_15526200710231386700349
From the article: "In a historic coincidence, both the shuttle and station have women at the helm. Retired Air Force Col. Pamela Melroy is only the second woman to command a shuttle, and biochemist Peggy Whitson is the first female skipper of a space station."
Pardon me for a moment of feminist squee.
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20071023/471d71c0_3ca6_15526200710231386700349
From the article: "In a historic coincidence, both the shuttle and station have women at the helm. Retired Air Force Col. Pamela Melroy is only the second woman to command a shuttle, and biochemist Peggy Whitson is the first female skipper of a space station."
Pardon me for a moment of feminist squee.