#katherinejohnson

TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦 @TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world

· 1mo ago

🚀 Katherine Johnson remember her name The astronaut who wouldn't trust a computer trusted the calculations of a Black mathematician NASA had confined to a segregated office. In 1960 she and engineer Ted Skopinski co-authored a NASA technical note on determining azimuth angle at burnout, in plain English is the problem of working out which way a spacecraft needs to be pointing when its engines cut off #KatherineJohnson #NASA #Science #BlackHistory #USA #Racism https://scienceblog.com/d-before-john-glenn-would-climb-into-the-capsule-that-made-him-the-first-american-to-orbit-earth-he-asked-nasa-to-have-one-specific-person-hand-check-the-computers-math-a-black-woman-named-k/

Before John Glenn would climb into the capsule that made him the first American to orbit Earth, he asked NASA to have one specific person hand-check the computer's math — a Black woman named Katherine Johnson, working in a segregated building across the c

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Before John Glenn would climb into the capsule that made him the first American to orbit Earth, he asked NASA to have one specific person hand-check the computer's math — a Black woman named Katherine Johnson, working in a segregated building across the c

The astronaut who wouldn't trust a computer trusted the calculations of a Black mathematician NASA had confined to a segregated office.

PeaceNick🇨🇦 🍁 @intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk

· 6mo ago

With #Artemis flying to the moon, based on a lot of cool #math, it is time to revisit the abilities and genius of #KatherineJohnson and the implementation of #EulersMethod. It was as a result of Katherine Johnson's team and her perseverance, we went from computers being people to computers as machine. AND Ms Johnson turned her team into computer programmers. Here is a lovely video describing that a-ha moment. She is probably smiling somewhere right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdxYsVniOYo

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