Twitter Reacts As NASA Cancels All-Woman Spacewalk Over Spacesuits

“Because we can put a man on the moon, but we can’t put a woman in a spacesuit?” wrote one Twitter user.

International space agency NASA’s plans for an all-woman spacewalk hit a dead end because of a wardrobe crisis of sorts – the agency doesn’t have enough spacesuits that fit the women astronauts.

The two astronauts who were scheduled to walk in space – Anne C McClain and Christina H Koch – would both need to wear a medium-size torso component. But, unfortunately, only one is readily available at the International Space Station.

Until now, all the 214 spacewalks that the space station has had – since it was assembled in 1998 – saw only all-male or mixed male-female teams.

Twitter has been divided on this lack of the right equipment on NASA’s side, with some associating it with gender bias, while others arguing that it has nothing to do with gender.

Right @NASA, because we can put a man on the moon but we can't put a woman in a spacesuit? https://t.co/zHMR4Hz04r

— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) March 26, 2019

Unfortunately history will not be made this Friday. On March 29th NASA had planned to send astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch on what would have been the first-ever all-female spacewalk but have called for a last minute crew swap due to spacesuit availability #2019ES2232 pic.twitter.com/QYhcO9nrYM

— Sarah Vu (@Sarah_Space1999) March 25, 2019

NASA just canceled the first all-female spacewalk because it won't have enough suits that fit women astronauts ready in time.

I guess sexism really can transcend the Earthly plane. https://t.co/vmAXI1KUDl

— Erin Blakemore (@heroinebook) March 25, 2019

Some Twitter users pointed that it can’t be blamed on sexism.

Okay seeing a lot of negativity on here, but I just updated our post: this was apparently due to an astronaut's decision about what she feels most comfortable wearing during an EVA. So keep that in mind. https://t.co/Jz2GMSejsT

— Loren Grush (@lorengrush) March 25, 2019