Meet The Black Woman Scientist Who Got The First Man Into Space and Back Home Safely | |
Pioneering Soul (OP) User ID: 68828057 United States 05/16/2016 09:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is an American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician who contributed to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] |
Pioneering Soul (OP) User ID: 68828057 United States 05/16/2016 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Johnson was just one of dozens of mathematically talented black women recruited to work as “human computers” at the Langley Memorial Research Laboratory in the ‘40s and ‘50s. They were so named because before machines came along, they crunched the numbers necessary for figuring out everything from wind tunnel resistance to rocket trajectories to safe reentry angles. In fact, all of Langley’s hundreds of “human computers,” whether black or white, were women. It was an era when, as Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.” [link to mentalfloss.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 63569873 United States 05/16/2016 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She arrived at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA, after the organization had begun looking for women to work as "computers." At this time, electronic computing was still in its early stages and human minds were still called on to verify the accuracy of the computations. Given that this was still a time of segregation, Johnson worked in the division that was made up entirely of Black women mathematicians whose supervisor was also a Black woman. Unlike their White counterparts, they all had college degrees. It was common for the women to do the computations while the men worked on the engineering side, learned about the space program and went to special briefings. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] I gotta call bullshit on at least this part. Even if, she was one of thousands. 99% white but that's for racists to debate. |
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Pioneering Soul (OP) User ID: 68828057 United States 05/16/2016 09:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She arrived at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA, after the organization had begun looking for women to work as "computers." At this time, electronic computing was still in its early stages and human minds were still called on to verify the accuracy of the computations. Given that this was still a time of segregation, Johnson worked in the division that was made up entirely of Black women mathematicians whose supervisor was also a Black woman. Unlike their White counterparts, they all had college degrees. It was common for the women to do the computations while the men worked on the engineering side, learned about the space program and went to special briefings. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] I gotta call bullshit on at least this part. Even if, she was one of thousands. 99% white but that's for racists to debate. People in this country don't know much about race, although they think they do. There are plenty of lighter complected black people with darker skinned parents.And having a lighter complexion does not signify heritage. You need to get out more. People would expect someone like Prince to have have a white parent, but that wasn't the case. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 70256005 United States 05/16/2016 11:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She arrived at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA, after the organization had begun looking for women to work as "computers." At this time, electronic computing was still in its early stages and human minds were still called on to verify the accuracy of the computations. Given that this was still a time of segregation, Johnson worked in the division that was made up entirely of Black women mathematicians whose supervisor was also a Black woman. Unlike their White counterparts, they all had college degrees. It was common for the women to do the computations while the men worked on the engineering side, learned about the space program and went to special briefings. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] I thought arguments for the flat earth were not allowed. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 72222717 United States 05/16/2016 11:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Johnson was just one of dozens of mathematically talented black women recruited to work as “human computers” at the Langley Memorial Research Laboratory in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 They were so named because before machines came along, they crunched the numbers necessary for figuring out everything from wind tunnel resistance to rocket trajectories to safe reentry angles. In fact, all of Langley’s hundreds of “human computers,” whether black or white, were women. It was an era when, as Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.” [link to mentalfloss.com] Oh wow they add and and subtract and looked up trig charts. Hardly scientists or engineers. Even a ink draftsman wouldn't want to do that shit shoveling |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 45470630 United States 05/16/2016 11:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I went to these places in the 1970s. Here is the trick wording - "common for the women to do the computations". They fucking typed numbers into fucking calculators. TYPED. NUMBERS. INTO. CALCULATORS. before computers were cheap and common, you'd have rows and rows of women clicking calculators, printout tapes, etc. holy fuck, the lies now. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 45470630 United States 05/16/2016 11:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Johnson was just one of dozens of mathematically talented black women recruited to work as “human computers” at the Langley Memorial Research Laboratory in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 They were so named because before machines came along, they crunched the numbers necessary for figuring out everything from wind tunnel resistance to rocket trajectories to safe reentry angles. In fact, all of Langley’s hundreds of “human computers,” whether black or white, were women. It was an era when, as Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.” [link to mentalfloss.com] Oh wow they add and and subtract and looked up trig charts. Hardly scientists or engineers. Even a ink draftsman wouldn't want to do that shit shoveling EXACTLY!!!! Thank God somebody else knows it. They typed on calculators, they weren't super genius scientists "helping put man in space", any more than the cafeteria cook helped "put man in space". |
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Mehitable Adams User ID: 63830259 United States 05/16/2016 11:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Last Edited by Mehitable Adams on 05/16/2016 11:30 PM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72222717 United States 05/16/2016 11:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's making a big deal out of nothing. When the department desktop calculator came along they disappeared. Honest but dreary and mind numbing work. Just to make the point, in a typical or any engineering beating nobody axes a hand calculator for its opinion. By the time the hand calculator was common most newbies had no idea that they even existed. I know I didn't. In most industries they didn't even bother with human calculators. People (Men) did their own hand calculations because most of the actual design work was done on the drafting board. Back in those days their wasn't office drama either. If anyone, even your boss, tried some back stabbing he would get taken out in the parking lot and get his ass beaten. Furthermore, cops lawyers and courts didn’t get involved. You might get fired but justice was always served. So everything was pretty much on the up and up. Office work now with back stabbing passive aggressive bitches is just awful. No wonder that everyone now is on Zanax and Prozac. Bring on AI and end this bullshit. |
Useless Cookie Eater User ID: 29696048 United States 05/16/2016 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Meet The Black Woman Scientist Who Got The First Man Into Space and Back Home Safely Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] Wernher von Braun did.....not her. He even wrote EXTENSIVE mathematical physics calculations to reach MARS...back even before the Apollo days. This is WELL DOCUMENTED. [link to www.astronautix.com] [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] You are so full of crap OP. ...and a MORON for believing anything from Fecesbook posts. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/16/2016 11:33 PM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 72222717 United States 05/16/2016 11:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, I was right - the first man in space was Yuri Gagarin... from Wikipedia: Quoting: Mehitable Adams Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Bullshit! I saw the truth on GLP. The Black man was the first astronaut! Thread: The Black man was the First Astronaut read and find out why! |
The Comedian :D User ID: 55053891 United States 05/16/2016 11:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Johnson was just one of dozens of mathematically talented black women recruited to work as “human computers” at the Langley Memorial Research Laboratory in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 They were so named because before machines came along, they crunched the numbers necessary for figuring out everything from wind tunnel resistance to rocket trajectories to safe reentry angles. In fact, all of Langley’s hundreds of “human computers,” whether black or white, were women. It was an era when, as Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.” [link to mentalfloss.com] Oh wow they add and and subtract and looked up trig charts. Hardly scientists or engineers. Even a ink draftsman wouldn't want to do that shit shoveling EXACTLY!!!! Thank God somebody else knows it. They typed on calculators, they weren't super genius scientists "helping put man in space", any more than the cafeteria cook helped "put man in space". This. Meh. Let OP have his little Negroes-in-Space dress-up party. Saint Comedian, Patron Saint of Bringing the Butthurt to Dipshits ‘There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.’ - General Mattis, USMC, Secretary of Defense [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] "Subterfuge and social pressure are the wheel and fire of the 21st century" - Some asshole Legal Disclaimer: All comments are intended as humor and/or fiction and not advice, and not to be confused with any event or person, living or dead. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 45470630 United States 05/16/2016 11:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Back in those days their wasn't office drama either. If anyone, even your boss, tried some back stabbing he would get taken out in the parking lot and get his ass beaten. Furthermore, cops lawyers and courts didn’t get involved. You might get fired but justice was always served. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72222717 So everything was pretty much on the up and up. Office work now with back stabbing passive aggressive bitches is just awful. No wonder that everyone now is on Zanax and Prozac. Bring on AI and end this bullshit. omg, yes, exactly!!! now when a company stresses "teamwork" in a job ad, it's a red flag that the company is fucked up. |
Mehitable Adams User ID: 63830259 United States 05/16/2016 11:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, I was right - the first man in space was Yuri Gagarin... from Wikipedia: Quoting: Mehitable Adams Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Bullshit! I saw the truth on GLP. The Black man was the first astronaut! Thread: The Black man was the First Astronaut read and find out why! I didn't know someone could throw a chicken leg that high. |
Mehitable Adams User ID: 63830259 United States 05/16/2016 11:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Johnson was just one of dozens of mathematically talented black women recruited to work as “human computers” at the Langley Memorial Research Laboratory in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 They were so named because before machines came along, they crunched the numbers necessary for figuring out everything from wind tunnel resistance to rocket trajectories to safe reentry angles. In fact, all of Langley’s hundreds of “human computers,” whether black or white, were women. It was an era when, as Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.” [link to mentalfloss.com] Oh wow they add and and subtract and looked up trig charts. Hardly scientists or engineers. Even a ink draftsman wouldn't want to do that shit shoveling EXACTLY!!!! Thank God somebody else knows it. They typed on calculators, they weren't super genius scientists "helping put man in space", any more than the cafeteria cook helped "put man in space". This. Meh. Let OP have his little Negroes-in-Space dress-up party. Man..we GOTS to have a meme for that...NEGROOOOOOOES IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE!!!!! |
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Navarro User ID: 71650084 United States 05/16/2016 11:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She arrived at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA, after the organization had begun looking for women to work as "computers." At this time, electronic computing was still in its early stages and human minds were still called on to verify the accuracy of the computations. Given that this was still a time of segregation, Johnson worked in the division that was made up entirely of Black women mathematicians whose supervisor was also a Black woman. Unlike their White counterparts, they all had college degrees. It was common for the women to do the computations while the men worked on the engineering side, learned about the space program and went to special briefings. Quoting: Pioneering Soul 68828057 [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] You have to understand that if you're concerned about race, then you're racist. Going around announcing the accomplishments of ones race is to take pride in ones race, and also to attempt to elevate ones race. Someone once informed me, in much the same style as the OP, that it was on "this" day that the first all-black airline crew was put into the air. It was said they should have been allocated some form of award, or some place in the history books. Equality doesn't involve special recognition. Why should that air crew be remembered when they did the same thing thousands of others had done before them, except their skin was a different color? Reverse racism is an indication of racism. It doesn't matter what race those scientists were. It doesn't even matter what gender they were. They were scientists at NASA, and that's enough to be proud. The actions of a few don't reflect on an entire race of people. Stop worrying about the color of everyone's skin and just be. Last Edited by Navarro on 05/16/2016 11:44 PM |