New Moonwalker
Year Twenty Twenty-Four,
they will choose one,
within a special group-
right now, just twelve;
another five in training, wrapped this year,*
will graduate as women astronauts.
These novel astronauts
are moonwalkers-
twelve of some thirty-eight are brave women.
Whoever thought,
way back in 'sixty-nine,
a female would set foot upon the Moon!
So, NASA's Astronaut Corps
set its goal- and not too long from now,
this will be true!
She'll wave to us,
leave footprints on the Moon
as done by men
so many years ago.
How proud we'll be
to see her standing there-
"a giant leap for man"-
now woman too!
February 23, 2020
~2nd Place~
Contest: Tribute To Women
Sponsor: Beata Augustin
Judged 04/22/2022
*2019
Ref: https://www.space.com/who-will-be-first-woman-on-moon.html
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