To be Fair to the engineers: Why wouldn't female astronauts want makeup in space? You have to look good on NASA TV, right?

NASA Engineers Thought Women Astronauts Would Want Makeup Kits ... in Space

When most of us think about what we'd need if we went into space, we think about basics, like oxygen, spacesuits, rockets, and Kylo Ren's high-waisted pants. But back in the 1970s, NASA engineers assumed women astronauts would also want to bring makeup into space - so they actually designed a makeup kit to send on missions.

 From article, (When most of us think about what we’d need if we went into space, we think about basics, like oxygen, spacesuits, rockets, and Kylo Ren’s high-waisted pants. But back in the 1970s, NASA engineers assumed women astronauts would also want to bring makeup into space — so they actually designed a makeup kit to send on missions.

However, as Quartz points out, NASA’s prototype kit — which included spots for mascara, eyeliner, blush, eye shadow, eye make-up remover, and lip gloss — was never actually sent into space. But let us not forget that these same engineers once asked Ride if 100 tampons would be enough for her weeklong journey into space.)

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Me, "To be Fair to the engineers: Why wouldn't female astronauts want makeup in space? You have to look good on NASA TV, right? Its not unheard of for Men, NASA Astronauts, to shave in space. Maybe, Women would have wanted makeup."