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i THOUGHT this should go here.. (Original Post) YoshidaYui Oct 2023 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2023 #1
Thank you for highlighting this remarkable woman! Photo was taken 1992; now 67...she founded DARPA RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2023 #2

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2. Thank you for highlighting this remarkable woman! Photo was taken 1992; now 67...she founded DARPA
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 09:50 PM
Oct 2023
Currently, Jemison is leading the 100 Year Starship project through the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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Mae Jemison Biography - National Women's History Museum
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Jemison left NASA in 1993 and founded a technology research company. She later formed a non-profit educational foundation and through the foundation is the principal of the 100 Year Starship project funded by DARPA. Jemison also wrote several books for children and appeared on television several times, including in a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame.


Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering as well as African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison was a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general practitioner. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA.
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