523 - Hidden Figures: NASA's Human Computers
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523 - Hidden Figures: NASA's Human Computers

This week's episode is about the human computers of NASA, focussing on the main three featured in the book Hidden Figures, heading deep into NASA's history along the way! This is the fifth most voted for topic for Block 2025!


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 7:55 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

https://www.nasa.gov/katherine-johnson/

https://www.nasa.gov/history/mary-w-jackson/

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/dorothy-j-vaughan/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-story-of-nasas-real-ldquo-hidden-figures-rdquo/

https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/aircraft-production-in-world-war-ii-should-inspire-us-today/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/history-human-computers-180972202/

https://www.nasa.gov/history/65-years-ago-nasa-selects-americas-first-astronauts/

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/hidden-figures/

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/nasas-early-stand-women

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-35428300

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