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(4,594 posts)Incredibly intelligent and devoted black women that were instrumental in launching the US into the space race to try to catch up to the Russians.
If you haven't seen the movie, I'll beg, beg, beg you to watch it.
The "most stable genius" president we have, wouldn't be qualified to clean their toilets.
If you've ever toured the "NASA's Johnson Space Center" in Houston where they worked, they describe how vitally important those wonderful women, and their other black female workers were. A spectacular tour worth every moment of your time.
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(17,636 posts)Thanks. I thought about her last night. There was a post about Artemis and I mentioned the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. (I'm old as dirt, so I lived through that time period).
What was accomplished back then - without AI and without all of the computer power we have today - was simply amazing. The people behind the scenes didn't get any credit, and they certainly deserved it.