TO BOLDLY GO,BLACK ASTRONAUTS

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COMMENTING ON BLACK ASTRONAUTS..GUY BLUFORD IS THE FIRST BLACK ASTRONAUT TO GO INTO SPACE..ROBERT HENRY LAWRENCE JR. WAS FIRST BLACK SELECTED FOR ASTRONAUT TRAINING.HE DIED IN 1967 IN AIRCRAFT TRAINING..MAE JEMISON IS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TO GO INTO SPACE.I THINK ASTRONAUT MAE JEMISON SAID NICHELLE NICHOLLS WHO PLAYED LIEUTENANT UHURA ON STAR TREK WAS A INSPIRATION FOR HER...FREDERICK GREGORY IS THE FIRST BLAK ASTRONAUT TO PILOT,COMMAND A SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION...BERNARD HARRIS THE FIRST BLACK ASTRONAUT TO WALK IN SPACE..WINSTON SCOTT ASTRONAUT VETERAN OF 3 SPACE WALKS.. RONALD MCNAIR BLACK ASTRONAUT KILLED IN 1986 SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER.PHILLIP ANDERSON BLACK ASTRONAUT KILLED IN 2003 SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DISASTER....THIS SHOULD REMIND BLACK PEOPLE HOW DANGEROUS THIS CAREER ,PROFESSION IS..IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO GO INTO SPACE.....THE BLACK ASTRONAUTS SHOULD GET MORE RESPECT FROM BLACK AWARD SHOW ORGANIZERS,THAN THE IRRITATING MOVIE STARS,SINGERS AND ATHLETES.........