In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first woman of colour to go to space. Three decades later, she looks back on what’s changed, how space helps advance research and what is still to be done. Her main concern is making space more accessible, but also including the humanities and social sciences in developing space exploration. ‘Space accessibility has to be expanded’, Jemison tells FRANCE 24, at an age where going to space is often reduced to billionaires.
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