Maya Wei-Haas, “The True Story of “Hidden Figures,” the Forgotten Women Who Helped Win the Space Race” Smithsonian Magazine, September 8, 2016 Why do you think Murray and Cox didn’t mention any women, specifically the women discussed in Hidden Figures? What is lost in forgetting their story.
[For your reference, there is a similar story about a white woman and the Apollo Guidance computer.]
Alice George, “Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed Astronauts on the Moon,” Smithsonian, March 2019
IBM News, Lunar Landing Special, 1969
You don’t need to read this, but browse through it and look at the pictures to get a sense of how IBM portrayed its 1969 workforce that contributed to the lunar landing. In what ways is it different from the picture we get from Murray and Cox?
What similarities/differences do you see between the Apollo program and Elon Musk’s Mars efforts? What are Russell and Vinsel’s critique of Elon Musk’s plans for Mars?