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Katherine Johnson must be smiling from Heaven at Victor Glover and the Artemis II mission (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago OP
The true movie "Hidden Figures" tells the story of Katherine Johnson and the three other... Enter stage left 5 hrs ago #1
Hidden Figures is a great movie LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #3
The extra dimension (time) could not be computed. Norrrm 4 hrs ago #2
Cool post! hamsterjill 3 hrs ago #4

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1. The true movie "Hidden Figures" tells the story of Katherine Johnson and the three other...
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:45 PM
5 hrs ago

Incredibly intelligent and devoted black women that were instrumental in launching the US into the space race to try to catch up to the Russians.

If you haven't seen the movie, I'll beg, beg, beg you to watch it.

The "most stable genius" president we have, wouldn't be qualified to clean their toilets.

If you've ever toured the "NASA's Johnson Space Center" in Houston where they worked, they describe how vitally important those wonderful women, and their other black female workers were. A spectacular tour worth every moment of your time.



hamsterjill

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4. Cool post!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:35 PM
3 hrs ago

Thanks. I thought about her last night. There was a post about Artemis and I mentioned the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. (I'm old as dirt, so I lived through that time period).

What was accomplished back then - without AI and without all of the computer power we have today - was simply amazing. The people behind the scenes didn't get any credit, and they certainly deserved it.

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