NASA names headquarters after first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson

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Post by chewdatgenie » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 1:22 AM UTC

NASA names headquarters after first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson
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Post by austincheney » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:02 AM UTC

Edit: the article spells this out.

She was the junior of the three starring characters in the movie Hidden Figures.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

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Post by warent » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:06 AM UTC

austincheney wrote: post #2

Edit: the article spells this out. She was the junior of the three starring characters in the movie Hidden Figures. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

I'm not much of a movie watcher but this one is an outstanding one! Highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't already seen it.

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Post by TedDoesntTalk » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:23 AM UTC

This woman should be on the front of a limited edition $100 US bill.

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Post by Thorentis » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:25 AM UTC

And with that, racism was destroyed forever.

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Post by shadykiller » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:26 AM UTC

Thorentis wrote: post #5

And with that, racism was destroyed forever.

sexism as well

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Post by sheqels » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:26 AM UTC

We haven't been to the moon since 1969.

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Post by drewbug » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:27 AM UTC

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #4

This woman should be on the front of a limited edition $100 US bill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_...

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Post by HenryKissinger » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:28 AM UTC

sheqels wrote: post #7

We haven't been to the moon since 1969.

There have been six Moon landings. The last happened in 1972.

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Post by a-wu » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 2:30 AM UTC

warent wrote: post #3

austincheney wrote: post #2

Edit: the article spells this out. She was the junior of the three starring characters in the movie Hidden Figures. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

I'm not much of a movie watcher but this one is an outstanding one! Highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't already seen it.

A great movie indeed however it uses the white savior trope gratuitously. The scene where Kevin Costner’s character lets Octavia Spencer’s character into the mission control room never happened in real life.