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Viewpoint: Is there a glass ceiling in space?

Some countries banned women from entering a recent competition to win a seat on a space plane. In this Viewpoint piece, Sue Nelson, who is one of the entrants, explains why there's still some way to go until we achieve equality in orbit.

In the 1960s, during the space age hey day, a magazine advert showed a glamorous female astronaut, with long spidery false eyelashes, holding a bottle of detergent. WTF?!!

You mean, vagina? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22339333