#GoodRead | The Incredible Story of NASA's Forgotten 'Rocket Girls'
by NASA [public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
"The Incredible Story of NASA's Forgotten 'Rocket Girls'":
Looking back, the technology that put man on the moon seems incredibly basic. In the early days of space exploration, when electronic computers weren’t reliable and cutting-edge calculators could barely do basic functions, nearly all of the math was done by hand. Women — underpaid, overworked, and ultimately forgotten by even the institution they served — did most of it.
Nathalia Holt, a science writer and microbiologist, stumbled upon their stories almost by fate.