In this era of idiotic space tourism, worth remembering that Helen Sharman had so much girl power that she's been mostly forgotten.
Far from being a rich celebrity, she was a British chemist for a chocolate company, she answered a job advert which read "Astronaut wanted, no experience necessary". She was the first woman to visit Mir.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sharman
https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/files/webpublic-b9a81573-94b0-4086-b087-96817602faa5
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