Nasa boss praises rise of women in science
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Nasa boss praises rise of women in scienceImage source, Kimberley Piper/BBCImage caption, Dr Nicola Fox has seen an increase of women on the university course she did more than 30 years agoByBabs Michel, BBC Three Counties Radio and Danny Fullbrook, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and BuckinghamshirePublished16 minutes agoThe head of science at Nasa has praised the "fantastic" rise of women in science.Dr Nicola Fox, who grew up in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, said she had been struck by the number of women now graduating in physics and engineering when she returned to the University of Surrey.The 57-year-old graduated from university with a masters in telematics and satellite engineering in 1991 and was one of only four women on the course of more than 200 students.She said: "I was at the physics…
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