When I met Valentina Tereshkova I could not stop looking at her hair, a bouffant halo lacquered in the shape of a cosmonaut helmet. Then I was overcome by awe at seeing the first woman in space: all I could say was how honoured I was to meet her. I felt that awe again as I enjoyed the biographies, mission details and accounts of the prejudices women had to overcome to get into space in Women in Space: Following Valentina by David Shayler and Ian Moule (Springer-Praxis, 拢22.50/$39.95).
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