I’ve been rewatching this footage and thinking on it. It’s the first time I’ve seen someone in space wearing non-western inspired attire. The image deconstructs a lot of things that up to now I had only been deconstructing in my imagination and stories or other stories.

Just wanted to voice my thoughts on this. I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking it. It reminds me of how westernized the very idea of space travel and exploration is.

@nnedi Dr. Spacejunk (Alice Gorman) spent a good part of her book on space archaeology raising questions about (say) who gets to name planets, comets, craters, who is the experience of space travel and exploration limited to. I'm sure your to-read pile is overflowing but IMO her book is very readable and insightful: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/
Dr Space Junk vs The Universe

A pioneering space archaeologist explores artifacts left behind in space and on Earth, from moon dust to Elon Musk's red sports car.Alice Gorman is a space a...

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