NASA? Only Whites could make the trip?

[goclark]

Did I miss something?
My eyes told me that everyone pictured was White and when they showed another photo of a huge group of NASA staff members on television, I didn't see one person of color.

[kestrel91316]

1. Plenty of Asians there. I suspect the ranks of aerospace engineers and such don't include many

blacks, probably because we still have not made up for decades of educational shortchanging in the community.

There are a number of blacks in NASA and the astronaut corps, but not proportional to their population.

[goclark]

2. thanks for the update

Wish we had more presents at NASA

I recall when the famous AA Artist, Ed Dwight, was to be our first astronaut but then he was turned down.

http://eddwight.com/home.htm

He would have been spectacular.

[MLKJrInspired]

3. Mars landing, right? I had the same thought

When I saw the celebrations of NASA staff, I also noticed that there didn't seem to be any African Americans in the room. Of course, the photos don't show the whole room, and they're not entirely clear. Hopefully, we are producing some young engineers and others that get involved in NASA.

[goclark]

4. Hope you are right ~ It would be

nice to see a mix of Races.

The Sports events in England were marvelous.
It was so nice seeing a mixture of young men and women.

[MADem]

5. Gotta look long and hard. The diversity is insufficient, IMO...

http://zipcodemars.jpl.nasa.gov/bio-contribution.cfm?bid=229&cid=214&pid=214

[Mr Dixon]

6. IMO

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They can have the mooon and mars LOL i'm staying put

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Something to take note of though

is that the man in charge of all of these folks - their current boss including when this mission first began - is this man:

[goclark]

8. Looks great

I've seen the face but my birth certificate is stopping me from remembering.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. His name is Charles F. Bolden, Jr

Head geek of NASA.

And he is the first African American to head up this agency thanks to President Obama!

[goclark]

10. Fantastic! That makes me feel a whole lot better1

Was he interviewed on tv ?

[NeelyCreely]

11. yes on PBS

yes. saw a PBS interview of him this weekend.

[goclark]

12. Wish he was on all the stations

I'm so proud of him!