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Lego is celebrating some of the amazing women of NASA with new set of figures

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Aww, no Christa McAuliffe? I used to go to an elementary school named after her. The principal was well enough into space stuff that he managed to get a bunch of the local amateur stargazers to donate their telescopes for a stargazing night. I got to see the rings of saturn for the first time at age 7, it was awesome :)

Wish there was a lego piece for her, she was the perfect link between youth education and space. I wonder if NASA would ever consider sending another teacher into space.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe

Hey, I had a friend who went to that same school! We had an econ class in high school that had trivia at the beginning of every class. One day, the answer to a cryptic question was Christa McAuliffe. I asked my friend how on earth he knew that and he mentioned that he used to go to a school named after her. Is it in Green Bay, WI?

Haha yup. Well, Bellvue but it's probably the same city by now. Small world.

Glad your friend escaped Green Bay as well ;)

Oh, unfortunately he did not, but I did. :) Michigan now, though, so not too far.

I wonder if it was inspired by this web comic:

http://seasonaldepressioncomic.com/comic/lego-friends-2/

That comic is rather missing the mark. "Lego Friends" is definitely not intended for grown-ups nostalgic about Lego.

But this set is definitely intended for adults, since they are designed as showpieces.

I'm not sure about that, but this kit comes from the Lego Ideas suggestion created in January 2016.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/388ddbe3-2f0a-42fb-9f54-93bf...

Will the women all have lipstick like in the female scientist set?

Most girls I've found are really into the ghosts and ghouls sets. Actually, even among adult women I've noticed a heightened interest/enjoyment in talking about paranormal/scary phenomena. I have no idea why.

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