skunkbear:“In a time before the digital devices that we’re used to today, it was human
skunkbear: “In a time before the digital devices that we’re used to today, it was humans that were doing the calculations,” says author Nathalia Holt. “And so you needed these teams of people — many of whom were women, especially during World War II — and they were responsible for the math.” Holt wrote a book about these badasses (called “Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars”) and we interviewed her. You can read some of the highlights here. -- source link