NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, responding to questions about the agency’s selection of an all-male crew for the Artemis III mission, said the astronauts were chosen based solely on their experience, skill sets and availability.Isaacman wrote on the social media platform X that “I have seen reactions ranging from disappointment to outrage.”One such response on Reddit called the crew announcement “massively upsetting.” “Women represent 50 percent of the population,” the post read. “They deserve at least one seat on every mission from a government run agency.”AdvertisementAdvertisementIsaacman said he had “personally been to space twice with 50 percent female crews. My closest advisors and some of the smartest engineers I know are women. In our latest NASA leadership organization, nearly 50 percent of the center directors and mission directorate leadership are women.”He continued: “The last astronaut candidate class selected under this administration was majority female [six women and four men] because they were the best of the best, including one astronaut [Anna Menon] I previously went to space with.”During an event Tuesday at the Johnson Space Center, NASA revealed the astronauts who had been selected for
