Decipher Scifi : The Show About How And Why

On voices My guest appearance talking about this film on the podcast Voices From L5. The women! The movie mostly follows three incredible women in particular. NACA/NASA This got left out of the movie, but the history of NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), then NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), is an important part of the story. Space Race Existential threats. Intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear submarines obviating much of the interest in basing nuclear weapons in space. Dangerous beeps and boops. Humans in Space Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. Alan Shepard. National and global heroes. Space stuff is dangerous Flight testing is really unsafe. Redstone rockets. Space Competition National competition in the day, feels to us more healthy and global-cooperative these days. For now. Until it gets cheaper and there are resources to fight over. :( Computers, human and otherwise Human computers. Adding machines. Early programmable