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Emine Saner

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Feature writer for the Guardian, and others. Unpronounceable name, somewhere between Eminem and Beyonce.
The seaside guardian.co.uk/profile/emines… Joined June 2009
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Emine Saner @eminesaner
#WallyFunk gets to go to space today, her lifelong dream. I interviewed her 2 years ago - a total force of nature and a woman with a life so interesting, the time she went travelling with only a poodle and a chipmunk for company was a mere footnote
theguardian.com/science/2019/j…
www.theguardian.com ‘I’ll be flying 'til I die!’ Why Wally Funk won’t give up her lifelong space mission The pilot broke astronaut training records in the 1960s before being told a woman’s place is not in orbit. Sixty years on, she is still pursuing her dream