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[i]Mrs. Ansari said politics and policy challenged her optimism while she trained for her adventure. Russian officials asked her to remove a patch on her launch space suit with the Iranian flag. "I think they were afraid of negative publicity," Mrs. Ansari said. "I told them there will not be any negative publicity unless you make me take off my patch." She protested and wrote a letter asking NASA to intervene. The American space agency declined, and rather than jeopardize her lifelong dream, Mrs. Ansari said she dropped the issue. She blasted into space with one country's patch -- the U.S. flag -- on her left shoulder.[/i]
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