...women were never seriously considered
to have the so-called "right stuff" by NASA in the 1950's
and 1960's.
NASA clearly had a male chauvinistic attitude, and a racist one too,
back in the 1950's and 1960's.
If you weren't a white male in the 1950's or early 1960's
you had no real chance to become a NASA astronaut back then.
That is a stain and a shame on NASA's record.

True! NASA only reflected the appalling sexism and racism common
in the American society back then, but I think it would be helpful
if NASA, today, apologizes to that gender and to the visible minorities
that the organization back then excluded.

I think this issue is one Bowser and I can agree on.