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07-20-2016, 07:54 PM
At Republican Convention, astronaut Eileen Collins will talk about 'making America first again' in space
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Eileen Collins, a retired astronaut who was *the first female commander of a NASA space shuttle mission, will address the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night.*
The day is rich with symbolism, given that it is the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Her choice to speak at the convention is a controversial decision that some spaceflight and policy experts have already decried.
But **w, we k**w what Collins is going to talk about, and according to her, it isn't "political" in nature.*
SEE ALSO: SpaceX lands a**ther rocket in Florida after launching mission to space (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/spacex-rocket-landing-florida/)
"My message is meant to **T be political," Collins said in a statement provided to Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/astronaut-eileen-collins-republican-convention-speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Eileen Collins, a retired astronaut who was *the first female commander of a NASA space shuttle mission, will address the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night.*
The day is rich with symbolism, given that it is the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Her choice to speak at the convention is a controversial decision that some spaceflight and policy experts have already decried.
But **w, we k**w what Collins is going to talk about, and according to her, it isn't "political" in nature.*
SEE ALSO: SpaceX lands a**ther rocket in Florida after launching mission to space (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/spacex-rocket-landing-florida/)
"My message is meant to **T be political," Collins said in a statement provided to Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/astronaut-eileen-collins-republican-convention-speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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