This is actually in the straight news section, albeit the Lifestyle section. Leftists just can’t help in pooping on everything
The culture that put men on the moon was intense, fun, family-unfriendly, and mostly white and male https://t.co/x5vQBuU4IN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 16, 2019
Sigh
As NASA worked relentlessly to fulfill John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the moon by decade’s end, it turned to the nation’s engineers. Many of them were fresh out of school, running the gamut from mechanical to electrical engineers, because that’s mostly what was taught in universities, and almost exclusively to white men.
In archival Apollo 11 photos and footage, it’s a “Where’s Waldo?†exercise to spot a woman or person of color.
“I don’t want to be politically incorrect here, but the workforce, the culture, was white male. In the firing room, we had almost 500 people and we have one female, one black guy and one Hispanic,†says Ike Rigell, 96, chief engineer and deputy director of launch vehicle operations at the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida. “That was the culture.â€
That’s how it opens. After that, a long chunk has nothing to do with the opening, but eventually moves on to sexism, handsy people, wage disparities, and all the rest.
Except for the black women mathematicians who helped them get there… ???? pic.twitter.com/PbabZDcoqu
— Gege, An Adult Human Female. i.e.: A Woman (@Pomquat) July 16, 2019
It was a different time, different era, so attempting to place modern day standards is silly. But, then, this is Wokeness.
Of course, it’s all fake, because the moon landings never happened, right? 
