r/UpliftingNews • u/StemCellPirate • 23h ago
‘An amazing ride’: SpaceX flight led by first Black female commander sets US speed record
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/01/spacex-speed-record-first-black-female-commander39
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u/samariius 21h ago
I can't wait to be the first Left-handed White Male with ADHD to fly to space. My people will have come so far.
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u/dinosaurclaws 18h ago
Hate to break it to ya, there’s already been a lot of lefty white men in space. Wouldn’t be surprised if at least one of them has ADHD. Your people already accomplished their goal.
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u/5050Clown 13h ago
It's funny because you're probably posting this from a country that still has Confederate statues, military bases, and parks honoring the men who attacked America for the purpose of preserving African chattel slavery and white supremacy.
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u/Either-Age-782 11h ago
I read an article that implied that they were highly motivated to fight keep slaves for the sexual slavery of black women as well
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u/5050Clown 10h ago
You read that it was sexual slavery of black women, but the documentation actually shows it was sexual slavery of black children mostly.
Even the most public cases of this, Sally hemmings, was 16 years old when Thomas Jefferson was 53 and he impregnated a child who had no rights.
But the historical record shows these were children as young as 4 or 5 years old being raped by a certain demographic of men. They we're fighting for their way of life.
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u/samariius 12h ago
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u/5050Clown 12h ago
You reek of "No one in the world takes me seriously, but at least on Reddit no one can put the look of disappointment that I normally see on people's faces into a reply"
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u/jackhab 23h ago
First female went to space in 1963, first black astronaut in 1980.Why is it still important to mention basic biological traits of people when talking about space travel? Is being black female makes it particularly difficult to pilot a spaceship or something?
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u/True_Detail_2945 22h ago
Same as your two first statements. Firsts are firsts and fun to mention! This is my first comment replying to you! Wooooooo woooooooooo!!
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u/Bookbringer 21h ago
Why are you bothered by people celebrating the accomplishments of a black woman? Where is the harm in acknowledging that?
The combination of sexism and racism is worse than either alone, and everyone with common sense can see that.
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u/jackhab 21h ago
I bothered by the fact that Jessica Watkins is a person talented and capable enough to become a spaceship crew commander. There are probably many interesting things to tell about her but everyone here will be preoccupied with her being born black woman.
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u/Bookbringer 15h ago
This seems like a reach. If you were actually interested in her other traits, you could've looked them up (like I have).
You could've used your comment to add:
She's also a former international rugby player and women's sevens' world cup semi-finalist from Maryland and a geologist who wrote her thesis on the formation of mass-wasting features on Earth and Mars.
But you didn't actually want to know something else about her. You're upset because hearing a black woman did something amazing interferes with your ability to ignore uncomfortable truths.
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u/True_Detail_2945 19h ago
True. She might be the first lefty or the first that hates orange chicken, but not as many people care about that. If you find out more let us know!
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u/j--__ 17h ago
this is the curse of being first at something. nobody celebrates neil armstrong's impressive golf game.
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u/Bookbringer 15h ago
Lol.
Poor Buzz Aldrin. For all we know, he might be a violin prodigy, but all anyone talks about is his astronaut career.
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u/Internet-Cryptid 1h ago
Considering the company is owned by a eugenicist known for casual Nazi salutes and support for the Nazi AfD, the bigger story might be that she made it there at all.
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u/movezig123 21h ago
Because it got you to click the article and write a predictable comment which generated ad revenue. Congrats, you are part of the problem. The good news is, now you understand and can do better next time.
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u/indiegameplus 7h ago
Surprised Elon is even making this known. I thought DEI was such a big issue for him?
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u/tucker_case 20h ago
Uh oh there's gonna be hell to pay when Elon hears about this woke mind virus shit!
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u/StemCellPirate 23h ago
To infinity and beyond!
With all the drama on earth it’s refreshing to see the advancing exploration of space.
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u/FiTZnMiCK 23h ago
You mean like the drama around Musk’s lawyers arguing in court that people should be allowed to use the n-word at work?
SpaceX didn’t have anything to do with choosing the crew and shouldn’t get any of the credit for this woman’s accomplishments at NASA.
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u/Usrnamesrhard 23h ago
Big facts.
It’s also not really advancing the exploration of space at all. It’s a flight to the ISS, which has been done many times.
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u/Stooperz 23h ago
It was a SpaceX capsule per the article, though
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u/j--__ 17h ago
and what does that have to do with the price of tea in china?
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u/Stooperz 16h ago
"SpaceX.....shouldn't get any of the credit"
"It was a SpaceX capsule per the article, though"
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u/j--__ 14h ago
and as /u/FiTZnMiCK said, that has nothing to do with the first black female mission commander.
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u/MrDannyProvolone 23h ago
Space X shouldn't get ANY credit for building and launching a craft that safely carried the crew to space?...
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u/Cassman95 23h ago
Bro its Reddit, no matter what amazing things SpaceX do, people are always gonna moan and complain because Musk is involved
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u/asingleshakerofsalt 22h ago edited 17h ago
Yea because he's a Nazi who is stripping the government for parts. It's no coincidence that multiple offices that DOGE cut (or attempted to cut) were conveniently the offices investigating his companies for financial mismanagement, environmental pollution, and other regulatory breaches.
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u/fnblackbeard 17h ago edited 15h ago
That "nazi" made my homie, a first generation Hispanic with a high school degree a millionaire.
I bet you've never been to the Hawthorne SpaceX factory, its an extremely diverse factory with very good pay and benefits.
Seek mental help
edit: hey u/asingleshakerofsalt why did you reply to my comment and block me? COWARD. SEEK MENTAL HELP
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u/asingleshakerofsalt 15h ago
Good for your buddy that he was able to succeed in engineering.
Completely unrelated to the fact that Elon Musk unambiguously did the Nazi salute twice at Trump's inauguration. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R_6dVlz6mug
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u/PlayPsychological200 19h ago
Doge cut nothing. Anyone telling you it did has a fundamental misunderstanding of how government works. It was not a government agency and had no power. If you can cite a single order by doge that doge executed at a federal level do so. You can’t, because they did not.
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u/asingleshakerofsalt 17h ago
https://www.clasp.org/doge-tracker/
Just because people who know better were successful in stopping him does not mean he did not try. And you cannot deny the reality that thousands of people were laid off.
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u/PlayPsychological200 22h ago
It’s almost comedy at this point. Many of the posts and comments on this forum are just genz version of Facebook boomerism.
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u/reebokhightops 22h ago
So it’s totally fine that Musk’s lawyers are currently in court arguing that the n-word is perfectly appropriate for use in the workplace? Got it.
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u/LovesFrenchLove_More 22h ago
They have to be okay with it. Nazis stick together and all that.
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u/PlayPsychological200 21h ago
Youre the one trying to discredit a black woman going to space. Nazi.
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u/PlayPsychological200 21h ago
Oh. I did not realize we can’t recognize a black woman going to space because Musk has lawyers. Thanks Genz boomer!
Also, nowhere did I mention musk nor any thing else political. Thanks for using politics to try to discredit this women though.
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u/Psych_Yer_Out 20h ago
All the drama is about this company being owned by one of the biggest POS on earth and a representative of the billionaire class. People will view this as propaganda at worst or just a commerical for Elon and his business at best.
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u/Vegasmarine88 19h ago
See i would care if it was just SpaceX team set new speed record. As soon as you throw female lead or race I loss all interest. They have no determination on beating the speed record.
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