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More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.

Not until the space shuttle started flying did NASA concede that some astronauts didn't have to be fast-jet pilots. And at that point, sure enough, women started becoming astronauts.

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science. Although women have not taken full advantage of its use and benefits, air travel is as available to them as to men.

Flight without feathers is not easy.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.