2026-04-09 10:03 UTC
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@vagina_museum@masto.ai 2026-04-09 10:04
Ride's first space flight took place more than 20 years after cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Part of NASA's delay in sending a woman to space was that they were worried menstrual blood would flow backwards in microgravity, wreaking all sorts of havoc.
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@agturcz@circumstances.run 2026-04-09 10:06
@vagina_museum Better that way, than another. The last time I've participated in so called "main stream social media" there were some men believing that one tampon for the whole period is enough...
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@Jaimieserotica@kinkycats.org 2026-04-09 10:27
@vagina_museum I'll bet she's sick of people singing 'Mustang Sally' at her...'Ride, Sally, Ride'....
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@vrtxd@piipitin.fi 2026-04-09 10:55
@vagina_museum #MarciaBelsky wrote a magnificient song about this! 🌠 https://youtu.be/PmyByJ4nqN0
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@UsagiTsukino@kolektiva.social 2026-04-09 11:13
@vagina_museum probably slightly better than packing none at least
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@Mercurial@todon.nl 2026-04-09 11:55
@vagina_museum I wonder why they would be the ones supplying the tampons I would think she packed her own bags in that regard, like did they pack her toothbrush as well
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai 2026-04-09 12:03
@vagina_museum I guess I thought she had would have a heavy flow
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@patsytheshark@mastodon.ie 2026-04-09 12:21
@vagina_museum I know everyone dunks on NASA for this, but I don't think it's totally unreasonable. Anytime I go on holiday I bring about 3x more than I could possibly use, just in case. Like with knickers.
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@cadadr@polyglot.city 2026-04-09 12:25
@vagina_museum i mean if she met some undersupplied bevaginad aliens she'd be in a great position to assist!
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@bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr 2026-04-09 12:33
@vagina_museum It's not stupid to pack extra tampons just in case, think of Sunita Williams "The mission was supposed to last eight days, but technical problems stranded Williams and crewmate Butch Wilmore on the ISS for more than nine months." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#Boeing_Starliner_incident_and_return_to_Earth
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@capnthommo@c.im 2026-04-09 12:35
@vagina_museum I'd have been inclined to say "no way. Need far more than that" just for the giggles.
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@mo@mastodon.ml 2026-04-09 12:43
@vagina_museum have they considered...you know, asking Sally first? :blobcat_googly_think:
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@acmeworks@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-09 13:19
@vagina_museum I wonder if 100 tampons would be sufficient to take up all liquid components of a human body?!
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@alpacamale@social.cologne 2026-04-09 14:47
@vagina_museum It's easy to make fun of NASA, but they're definitely not stupid. They ALWAYS plan for a variety of scenarios, which may include an unexpected prolongation of the mission - as has happened last year when a return capsule failed. Add the typical NASA redundancy and insecurity about physiological processes in space, and 100 tampons doesn't seem unreasonable.
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@stylus@social.afront.org 2026-04-09 15:17
@vagina_museum OK but what happens if you forgetfully put some used menstrual products into the space toilet?
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@gbsills@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-09 15:54
@vagina_museum Bloody hell!
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@independentpen@mas.to 2026-04-09 17:35
@vagina_museum Rocket scientists couldn't think up a way to ask Sally for her opinion