Well, NASA thought women astronauts will need Makeup kit…. in space

Back in the 1970s, NASA engineers scratched their brains and being thoughtful for women astronauts they assumed that they would also want to bring makeup into space. Yes, and not just that, they actually designed a makeup kit to send with them on missions.

Most of us have been wondering about what we’d need if we went into space. What comes to your mind, some basics like oxygen, spacesuits, rockets, and the pop culture fanatics would also keep Kylo Ren’s high-waisted pants in mind. But that is way too basic for NASA. Back in the 1970s, NASA engineers scratched their brains and being thoughtful for women astronauts they assumed that they would also want to bring makeup into space. Yes, and not just that, they actually designed a makeup kit to send with them on missions.

Recently, NASA’s History Office posted a series of tweets with information from that dates back to 1978, when the first year women were allowed into the shuttle corps. Among those tweets included a quote from astronaut Sally Ride, a physicist who was the first American woman to fly in space in 1983.In the tweet they shared a picture of the personal hygiene kits for ladies.

“The engineers at NASA, in their infinite wisdom, decided that women astronauts would want makeup — so they designed a makeup kit … ” Ride’s quote reads. “You can just imagine the discussions amongst the predominantly male engineers about what should go in a makeup kit.”

You are wondering about the contents of the kit, it included an eyeliner, mascara, eyeshadow, blush, lip gloss, and the cherry on the top a makeup remover as well.

But despite the fact that it’s a woman’s prerogative to wear makeup in space should she want to, and in that sense, was technically taken into consideration, it’s a prompt that female hygiene or can be inherently problematic. After all, it wasn’t the only area in which NASA engineers missed the mark.

However, Quartz points out, that NASA’s prototype kit was never actually sent into space. But it is also fascinating to know that these same engineers were dramatically deluded when estimating how many tampons Ride might need for a weeklong mission. “Is 100 the right number?” they asked. “No, that would not be the right number,” she replied.


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