History, what happened with nasa on this date . September 8, 1967, the surveyor 5 launched, september 8, 1983, satcom 7 launched. September 8th, sts 106 launched. Today, september 8, 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly Lee Shetterly publicly Lee Shetterly publicly launches her book story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. [applause] i believe you know Margot Lee Shetterly. They couldnt wait to see her again. She was born and raised in virginia, graduated the university of virginia with a degree in finance, generous independent researcher, entrepreneur and cocreator of english language magazine with her husband aaron, margo is daughter of one of the first nasa black mail engineers, grew up among many figures, the founder of Alfred P Sloan Foundation Fellow and recipient of the Virginia Foundation of humanities grant for her research into the history of women, lives in charlottesville, virginia. Anonymous is history, usually a woman. Let me say that again. Anonymous
From. Tonight youll hear the author of Hidden Figures. The American Dream in the untold story of those who helped to win the space race share the journey that combines laugh rich intersection of the civilrights era and the space race the cold war and the movement for gender equality. I am curious what the date september 81967 and 1983 defcon seven lunch. Said to rate 2000 when 06 launched and todays a template, 2016 publicly on schists her book hit in figures to the literary world. [applause] i know many of you know, margaux many said they run the tennis team with her and could not wait to see her again she was raised here credited from university of frigid new with a degree in finance the journalists and independent researcher. Creator of an englishlanguage monthly magazine the daughter of one of the first nasa blackmail engineer so she grew up with the abandon of Hidden Figures. She is a Slum Foundation fellow and recipient of the and Virginia Foundation for humanities grant and live
Former langley historian. He spent some time year before we set him to jpl, and then our last panelist, glenn bugos, currently with ames. And with that, lets go to dr. Bill barry. Hes going to moderate our panel and begin give us the beginnings of some great stories. Thanks, bill. [applause] bill thanks, walt. Good afternoon, everybody. This is a great opportunity, what happened 40 years ago today and tomorrow. I would imagine that 40 years ago today, the 19th of july, 1976, there was a lot of nailbiting and concerned going on around here. For good reason. Getting to mars is hard to do. No one had done it before successfully. Not that people had tried. The soviets had made at least six attempts to land something on mars until that point. None of them had been successful. They did get something on the surface but it lasted for about 40 seconds of data transmission. So mars 3 not a great success. Folks here were understandably nervous. The spaceage have been going on for since 1957. Gett
The smithsonian institution. To his right is dr. Eric conway, historian and former langley historian. He spent some time year before jpl, and then our last, currently with aims. And lets go to bill. Will moderate our panel and give us some great stories. Thanks, bill. [applause] bill thanks, everybody, and this is a great opportunity, what hath than 40 on years ago today and tomorrow. Happened 40 years ago today and tomorrow. Hat happened. Reason, it is really attempting to land on mars. No one has been able to do it before. Of until six attempts that point, and none of them completely successful. Were about 40 seconds of data transmission. 3 not a great success. We got to the moon in the first 20 years, but getting to mars was harder. Rooms many of you in the as i guess from the looks at things might have been involved in that project, or were younger and were not there, but it was an exciting time, reaching out to try to take a big leap in terms of understanding if there was life on
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