Jeff Bezos to be accompanied by 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer for launch to space
贝索斯挑选82岁女性航天先驱共进太空
Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has chosen an early female aerospace pioneer, an 82-year-old pilot denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender to rocket into space with him later this month. The company announced Thursday that Wally Funk will be aboard the July 20 launch from West Texas, flying in the capsule for the 10-minute hop as an “honoured guest”. S
亚马逊首席执行官兼航空航天公司蓝色起源(Blue Origin )的创始人杰夫·贝索斯( Jeff Bezos)挑选了82岁的女性航天先驱玛丽·华莱士“沃利”·芬克(Mary Wallace“Wally” Funk),他们将在7月20日一起前往太空。
芬克是美国联邦航空局(FAA)第一位检查员和第一位女性国家运输安全委员会(NTSB)调查员,现在82岁的芬克将成为有史以来进入太空年龄最大的人。此前,进入天空最年长的人是已故的约翰·格伦(John Glenn),他在1998年乘坐“发现号”航天飞机进入太空时已经77岁了。