#space stuff

now that the comic is on a brief pause I can unwind by (checks notes) more drawing

Happy birthday, Sally Ride. You would have been 75 today. you died just 3 years before gay marriage bans were ruled unconstitutional in the US, legalizing gay marriage in every state. You turned down being NASA's administrator multiple times to remain in California, where you lived with your secret long-term partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy. Thank you for paving the way for young girls into STEM fields. Thank you for your brave actions in the Challenger disaster investigations. Thank you for befriending Svetlana Savitskaya, the second woman in space and a cosmonaut, regardless of politics or borders. I wish I could say you'd be proud of how far we've come in 14 years, but I really can't.