intellectual power of an openly guy woman. he went out of his way to help use nasa facilities to help desegregate the south. >> more than 1700 people signed a petition asking nasa to change the name to harriet tubman. >> i love harriet tubman, but that's note appropriate for this. >> nasa declined our request for an interview saying in a statement, the lavender scare was a painful time in american history. nasa's historian conducted an exhaustive search. he also talked to experts. nasa found no evidence they're changing the name. some said nasa needed to be transparent. >> people like me who have worked with nasa extensively and are queer feel like this is a decision made without really understanding what it came from. >> as the countdown to launch draws closer, there's one point