[Non-Sequitur]

Women have not proven to be a liability in space. They have proven to be lethal in combat and are more likely to use nuclear weapons than a man on nuclear missile crew duty.

In general I agree with you. I spent a lifetime in the military and on the whole I've found my female peers just as dedicated and just as qualified as my male peers. However, it's a different environment in a cramped submarine that remains underwater for months at a time. The logistics involved with segmenting birthing and heads by sex is just too complicated to solve easily.

[RexBeach]

Good one, Non-S.

-Rex

[Ben Mugged]

However, it's a different environment in a cramped submarine that remains underwater for months at a time.

You bring out a valid point and refreshing considering the knee jerk reactions of most. Women have served on mixed crew duties in missile Launch Control Complexes since the early 1980's where two crew members are locked in a 10 X 20 foot control center 60 feet below the ground for days at a time.

[MSF BU]

That’s interesting; I’ve found the lowered standards accomodate shortcomings that the private sector would not tolerate. My experience is that the most grueling jobs (in the private sector) have no females or have females only on government funded progects where ‘diversity’ is mandated.