Because of the legacy of racism in the U.S., NASA astronaut Victor Glover Jr. says it’s his duty to impress upon people that his voyage will represent more than a scientific triumph.
“The exciting thing about being a first is that there is a prospect of there being a second, a third and a fourth, and it actually becoming normal,” Glover says. “I really look forward to the point where it’s not remarkable that a Black man is exploring the solar system — or running this country.”
Only a few months earlier, a white father and son gunned down Arbery in a racially motivated shooting.Every instance of anti-Blackness strikes a chord deep within the whole community. “It’s important for us to live up to the words in some of our foundational documents — of the people, by the people,” Glover says. “We’re exploring for all people, and now we can say we’re exploring with, or by, all people.”
Many Black activists decried the massive spending dedicated to an Apollo lunar program that in the end would send only white men to Earth’s sole natural satellite. Poverty, racial strife and police violence were crippling Black communities.a favorite work that Glover recommends to his NASA colleagues:“One of my first speeches was to my colleagues to tell them, ‘Hey, remember who you’re talking to — little me, when I was a kid, I didn’t feel connected to this,’” Glover says.
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