On the 60th anniversary of the first female flight into space, Russian psychologist and physiologist Leonid Kitaev-Smyk Valentina Tereshkova, who worked on the training program of the first crew of cosmonauts, evaluated the future prospects of women in space. industry. Her words opens “Reedus”. The expert noted that thanks to technological developments, living and working conditions in space have become suitable for both sexes in terms of both physiology and hygiene.
“Under current astronautics, men and women can fly almost equally. In the future, the living conditions of women in space will become completely extraordinary. It can be assumed that in some areas of work in space, a woman would even be preferred over a man,” said Kitaev-Smyk.
Valentina Tereshkova flew into space on June 16, 1963 and is still the only woman to find herself alone outside of Earth’s atmosphere.
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