NASA drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon

How would it feel, knowing the only reason you got a seat on the rocket was because of your gender or color? In a way, it still keeps in place the alleged systemic issues, because the perception is that the institution is granting participation, it wasn’t earned. Kinda like when football teams let a kid come on the field to “score a touchdown.” Sure, they crossed the line, but nobody actually buys it.

Good!<p>I dont really care about the colour of your skin, where you were born, what religion you follow, who your parents are, whether you are male or female, I dont care how old you are, I dont care if you are gay or straight or bi, and I certainly do not care what self assigned gender-neutral pronouns you use.<p>For me it has always been about using the best, most highly skilled and qualified people to do the job.<p>It really is that simple.

And now they&#x27;re being fired <i>because</i> they&#x27;re a black man and a white woman. They&#x27;re not going to reconsider Jeremy Hansen, even though it&#x27;s his first space mission -- he surely cannot be the &quot;best qualified&quot; for a job that others have done and he hasn&#x27;t.<p>That&#x27;s no dig at Hansen, who is surely immensely qualified. But in a system where the &quot;merits&quot; are not precisely defined, many people can be equally qualified. So we end up defining women and black people as &quot;DEI&quot; hires, while white men are given a pass.