Rise of the Rocket Girls

Why read it

• You will question the assumption that women were absent from early space science
• You will know the women behind early rockets and space missions, who did the math by hand as the lab's human computers
• You will see how a woman like Eleanor Helin built a career at the lab, discovering more than eight hundred asteroids and comets

Who it is for

• A reader who loved Hidden Figures and wants more
• A parent or teacher inspiring girls toward science and engineering
• A history of science reader interested in overlooked workers

What the summary covers

1. From a name to the human computers1 min
2. Rockets before spaceflight2 min
3. New paths into the computer room1 min
4. Missiles, judgment, and limits2 min
5. A satellite plan kept alive2 min
6. From weapons to planetary probes3 min
7. A new generation plans longer journeys3 min
8. Mars and a living legacy2 min

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