{"id":3195,"date":"2016-04-26T03:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T19:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/26\/nasa-has-to-talk-about-periods-in-space-if-we-ever-want-to-go-to-mars\/"},"modified":"2016-04-26T03:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T19:58:20","slug":"nasa-has-to-talk-about-periods-in-space-if-we-ever-want-to-go-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/26\/nasa-has-to-talk-about-periods-in-space-if-we-ever-want-to-go-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA has to talk about periods in space if we ever want to go to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space<\/p>\n

Before launch, a group of NASA engineers came to Ride, asking if 100 tampons would be sufficient for her needs on a six-day space shuttle mission. Ride responded that \u201cyou can cut that in half with no problem at all,\u201d according to an oral history<\/a> produced in 2002.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: We Asked Sally Ride All the Wrong Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That interaction best encapsulates NASA’s wariness about dealing with women’s health, both within the agency and to the outside world when Ride flew decades ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But even today, the space agency rarely, if ever, comments on managing women’s reproductive health. NASA will be forced to confront the unique aspects of being a woman in space, at least internally, as the agency pushes to send humans to Mars in the coming years. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Women S Health<\/a>, Menstruation<\/a>, Spaceflight<\/a>, Health<\/a>, and Science<\/a>
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