Women are better astronauts than men

[Jeri]

We have to at least try to get into space, because over time Earth will become inhospitable to life again. We're in an interglacial period, but the glacial periods are more prevalent and last longer. And unlike planet-wide asteroid damage of the dino-killing Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, interglacial periods only last thousands of years. That's well within the span of homo sapiens' possible existence. We really need to start planning for the next one. We could use the option or at least the technology.

 

[KimMH]

^ A much better point to discuss than whether men or women are better suited for space.

 

[Jeri]

^ Most topics pale in comparison, LOL.

 

[KimMH]

The heart of the matter is a tough one; it's a pleasant (?) distraction to quibble abut the little stuff.

 

[Jeri]

Indeed; it doesn't stop them in Game of Thrones either, even though they know Winter Is Coming...

 

[KimMH]

 

[Tribble puncher]

I'm sure Women as a whole do make better Astronauts than Men as a whole, I don't even need to read the article to tell me that, it's been known for decades that trained women make better ship captains, submariners, because they work better together in closed enviroments. As a Male, this doesn't bother me at all. Individually however, I'm sure I'd be a better astronaut than some Individual Women, just like millions of Individual women would be better than me, it is what it is.

 

[JarodRussell]

Mexicans would make better astronauts, because, on average, they are smaller, more compact, and thus the construction costs of space ships could be greatly reduced.

 

[Nebusj]

Actually... here is the commentary on the 6 working groups NASA called to investigate sex and gender differences mentioned in your link.

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/jwh.2014.1515

And here is the salient point on the subject.

"While a decade has passed since the initial review and more individuals, human and animal, have participated in ground and flight-based studies and observations, there is still a paucity of data to make strong assertions about the impact of sex and gender on health outcomes."

If only there were some professor of medicine --- say, to pick a name at random, William Rowe, with the Medical College of Ohio --- who was continuing to study and found results worth publishing in some peer-reviewed journal --- oh, say, Mens Health and Gender or something like that --- presenting data that might be worth considering, then there might be something to discuss.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

"Women are the cows of people."

Just thought I'd throw in a salient quote. I am sure there is science.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Actually... here is the commentary on the 6 working groups NASA called to investigate sex and gender differences mentioned in your link.

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/jwh.2014.1515

And here is the salient point on the subject.

"While a decade has passed since the initial review and more individuals, human and animal, have participated in ground and flight-based studies and observations, there is still a paucity of data to make strong assertions about the impact of sex and gender on health outcomes."

If only there were some professor of medicine --- say, to pick a name at random, William Rowe, with the Medical College of Ohio --- who was continuing to study and found results worth publishing in some peer-reviewed journal --- oh, say, Mens Health and Gender or something like that --- presenting data that might be worth considering, then there might be something to discuss.

I don't recall saying there wasn't "something to discuss".

That's why NASA had 6 working groups delve into the literature to date on the subject. Their findings were reviewed at a virtual workshop in 2013 and published in 2014 per this NASA link.

http://www.nasa.gov/content/men-women-spaceflight-adaptation/

I was suggesting that we shouldn't get up into each other's "virtual face" when even NASA pointed out...

The groups observed that the disparity of spaceflight data available for men and women who have flown in space – 477 men vs. 57 women as of June 2013 – makes it difficult to derive concrete conclusions based on sex and gender alone.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I know I would suck at it.

 

[T'Girl]

Janeway was totes better than Archer so the science is proved.

Livingston was totes better than Archer.

Does this mean fish are better astronauts?

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Depending on your criteria, yes. Fish have less mass and lesser life support requirements than humans, so your spacecraft can be smaller, lighter, and thus cheaper. From that angle, fish are absolutely better astronauts.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The Xindi aquatics were fab at being astronauts.