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This is clipped from the 1981 film, Space for Women, from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA). This film of women employed in NASA's space transportation programs, shows the variety of positions that they hold, ranging from electrical engineer, aerial photography analyst, and safety specialist to astronaut mission specialist. It notes how the women obtained their training and qualified for their positions and shows the variety of positions that they hold, ranging from electrical engineer, aerial photography analyst, and safety specialist to astronaut mission specialist. It notes how the women obtained their training and qualified for their positions. One way was through NASA’s Specialty Training for Entry Professionals (STEP) program, which began in 1974. At that time about eighty percent of females were in the clerical field and there were initially no programs for their advancement. Women had a hard time moving out of that field until STEP and other programs were enacted It provided the opportunity to gain on-the-job training and experience, as well as formal training, designed to prepare participants for promotion in their selected line of work. For more information, read “A MAN’S WORLD”? A STUDY OF FEMALE WORKERS AT NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER by NANCI SCHWARTZ University of Central Florida, 2002 at http://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=etd . This film was designed for use in career education and guidance classes. The film narration is by the late Mexican actor, Ricardo Montalbán, who portrayed Khan on the original Star Trek series and in the 1981film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
This is clipped from the 1981 film, Space for Women, from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA). This film of women employed in NASA's space transportation programs, shows the variety of positions that they hold, ranging from electrical engineer, aerial photography analyst, and safety specialist to astronaut mission specialist. It notes how the women obtained their training and qualified for their positions and shows the variety of positions that they hold, ranging from electrical engineer, aerial photography analyst, and safety specialist to astronaut mission specialist. It notes how the women obtained their training and qualified for their positions. One way was through NASA’s Specialty Training for Entry Professionals (STEP) program, which began in 1974. At that time about eighty percent of females were in the clerical field and there were initially no programs for their advancement. Women had a hard time moving out of that field until STEP and other programs were enacted It provided the opportunity to gain on-the-job training and experience, as well as formal training, designed to prepare participants for promotion in their selected line of work. For more information, read “A MAN’S WORLD”? A STUDY OF FEMALE WORKERS AT NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER by NANCI SCHWARTZ University of Central Florida, 2002 at http://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=etd . This film was designed for use in career education and guidance classes. The film narration is by the late Mexican actor, Ricardo Montalbán, who portrayed Khan on the original Star Trek series and in the 1981film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
