[reg45]

Sally Ride was several astronaut generations later. Project Mercury, project Gemini, project Apollo and then finally the Space Shuttle program.

Mercury, Gemini and Apollo were considered high risk and no women were considered for the astronaut program at that time. Furthermore, the capsules were small and had no privacy.

[Phil]

Also, the astronauts were basically all fighter pilot qualified.

There is no mention of the time and date that Hillary wrote the letter.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I also got a close-up look at a Mercury capsule in that museum.

Hillary would not have fit. No way, no how!