Notices by Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinette@wandering.shop)

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Today is the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Since that day, the cosmos have felt a little bit closer.

It's serendipitous that my latest Lady Astronaut story, "In the Moon's House," came out this week, and I invite you to read it on Reactor Magazine at https://reactormag.com/in-the-moons-house-mary-robinette-kowal/

#shortstory #scifi #ladyastronaut #moonlanding #apollo11

This was one of my favorite things that I posted in birdland, so that it's not lost...

Let's talk about peeing in space.

Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.

When the Mercury program was proposed, doctors were worried that people would not be able to urinate or even swallow without the aid of gravity.

And yet, they still made plans to send a man into space.