Study, mrs. Hols also conducted research at the jet Propulsion Library on the history of women in america at harvard. The first book. It is written widely for prominent publications. The los angeles time, the atlan atlantic. The rise of the rocket girls, the women who propelled us from missiles, to the moon, to mars. That work was a best seller and was widely praised bring critics including one who described it as immersive, e vvocative. Another called it a marvelous book adding when Neil Armstrong made his leap for mankind, there was woman kind in the control room. It is a plash, pleasure indeed to welcome nathalia holt. I am excited to talk to you about rocket girls. The sevecareers shaped nasa andt it is today. Now before i get into their histories, i want to share with you just a small slice of my own history. And that is because i cant to the book in a very unusual way. I came to boston, i was pregnant and expecting my first baby. We argued other names, we made long lists, and not
Massachusetts General Hospital and m. I. T. Her first book is called cured, the people who defeated hiv. She has been published in the new york times, Los Angeles Times and time magazine. In 2016 she published the work that is the basic of her talk tonight, entitled rise of the rocket girls the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to mars. That work was a bestseller and was widely praised by critics, including one who described it as immersive, evocative, and superbly written. Her narrative should be required reading. Another commented that when Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind, there was womankind in the control room. It is a pleasure to welcome to the university of Mary Washington nathalia holt. [applause] thank you so much. I really appreciate you having me here tonight and i am excited to talk to you about rocket girls. This is a group of pioneers whose careers shaped nasa and really made it what it is today. Before i get into their history, i want to sha
After fremont street, a picket some drive times for you 6. 80 looks great rolling south dublin to fremont no problems for the nimitz even 17 out of the Santa Cruz Mountains wide open at 23 minutes from santa cruz into los gatos starting a chain thanks a lot rob and 9 oclock now on the breaking news, a plane with american the victims of the coronavirus that were on a ship in japan are now at Travis Air Force base in fairfield turns out more than a dozen of them. Have the coronavirus 14 in fact confirmed cases on that flight kron fours will tran has the very latest from fairfield. 14 days of corn team to go for the ople who already then quarantine for 9 days to flights that took off from asia yesterday landed at Travis Air Force base at around 11 30 last night there was another emergency flight they kept going all the way to san antonio to Lackland Air Force base 340 people altogether 14 of them confirmed to have the coronavirus so they had to be isolated from the plane from the rest of
And if the power is shut off we heard from pg e it would happen early wednesday morning. All of this is a fluid situation as they watch the weather. Pg and e is preparing for what could be the 10th Public Safety power shut off. The Company Warning it may cut power to parts of marin, sonoma, napa and Solano County as well as parts of the east bay including berkeley and lafayette. I am ready. I do have a generator. And i am all for it. Reporter pgae says the Emergency Operation center is keeping an eye on strong winds expected to start early wednesday morning and last through thursday morning. The company may turn off power to thousands of customers to reduce the risk of a wild fire. I mean i would like a definite answer, maybe. That would be nice to know for sure. I just drank the last of the spare water thinking we are in the clear and now i have to buy all that again. Reporter pg e says double check your emergency kit and splice and have a plan ready. We are still monitoring the weath
Something tuesday into wednesday but Southern California looks okay. We have another round of offshore wind and that will develop late tuesday and early wednesday and we could get some developing. Today, it is all about sunshine and warm temperatures. We are looking for temperatures to be anywhere from 74 to 78. We should be 63 in livermore, 78, near 80 for some around gilroy and santa cruz. We are looking at the commute because of this crash on eastbound 80 and it is a deadly crash on 80 eastbound coming up on the alban hills. The two left lanes are closed and you can see the tow truck has just arrived on scene they are waiting for more to get up here. I want to mention it looks like they are moving the camera. Kevin is very responsive. This is the backup on 80 w. eastbound coming up to the scene you can see how slow it is. Eastbound up towards that scene, give yourself extra time if you are driving westbound, this is going to affect you and also affect you coming away from the richma