Philosophy
July 17th, 2013
BBC World News
In 1957, the space race was heating up.
After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, the United States was desperate to catch up. Dr Wernher von Braun and other top engineers struggled to find a solution to the US rocket programme's failures, so they turned to Mary Sherman Morgan.
In the early 1950s, Morgan was the only female analyst among 900 rocket scientists at North American Aviation. She was also one of the few without a college degree.
While von Braun became a familiar figure in newspapers and on television screens across the country, Mary Sherman Morgan's story is more obscure.
In his book, Rocket Girl, George D Morgan tells the story of his mother's journey from North Dakota farm girl to brilliant scientist whose obscure, yet crucial, contributions to the development of a new rocket fuel powered the country's first satellite, Explorer 1.
Mary Sherman Morgan [Wikipedia]
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George D. Morgan
ASIN: B00BH0VPS8
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Philosophy
First female rocket scientist...Mary Sherman Morgan
"Remembering the US's first female rocket scientist"
July 17th, 2013
BBC World News
In 1957, the space race was heating up.
After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, the United States was desperate to catch up. Dr Wernher von Braun and other top engineers struggled to find a solution to the US rocket programme's failures, so they turned to Mary Sherman Morgan.
In the early 1950s, Morgan was the only female analyst among 900 rocket scientists at North American Aviation. She was also one of the few without a college degree.
While von Braun became a familiar figure in newspapers and on television screens across the country, Mary Sherman Morgan's story is more obscure.
In his book, Rocket Girl, George D Morgan tells the story of his mother's journey from North Dakota farm girl to brilliant scientist whose obscure, yet crucial, contributions to the development of a new rocket fuel powered the country's first satellite, Explorer 1.
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
by
George D. Morgan
ASIN: B00BH0VPS8
- The Feast Of Saint Allen
My Fellow Comedists, This weekend is the feast of saint Allen. Allen Sherman would turn 86. As a child, LilBro and I came across the Old Man's copy of his classic album My Son, the Folk Singer and were so enchanted by it, that we had the entire thing...
- Imagination Can Sometimes Be Better Than Reality...ray Bradbury's "the Rocket"
An anthology including The Rocket. Plot [Wikipedia]... The story begins with Fiorello Bodoni, a poor junkyard owner, who spends his nights admiring nearby rocket launches bound for the Moon, Venus and Mars. After six years, he has finally saved enough...
- Deceased--walter Haeussermann
Key project officers at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, examine a prototype of the Explorer I satellite, 1958. From left to right, (seated) Dr Eberhard Rees (1908 - 1998), Major General John B. Medaris, German-born rocket...
- Nasa's Public Appeal Regarding Von Braun's Notes
It looks like that NASA is soliciting public opinion regarding Wernher von Braun's notes concerning early space history. "NASA Wants Your Ideas for Digitizing Rocket Scientist's Notes" by Betsy Mason June 26th, 2009 Wired NASA is taking...
- Von Braun Sketches For Sale
Some cool sketches by Wernher von Braun will be up for auction today. "Von Braun Sketches to be Auctioned" by Clara Moskowitz October 14th, 2008 Space.com Sketches, diagrams, and letters from the pioneering rocket scientist Wernher von Braun will be...