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Honestly that movie is a lot of why I got into math and engineering. Jim Lovell was undeniably a badass but I watched that movie and thought the heroes were th
by macksd 5y ago
Honestly that movie is a lot of why I got into math and engineering.
Jim Lovell was undeniably a badass but I watched that movie and thought the heroes were the ones reading telemetry off a computer screen and using their slide rule to figure out what to do. I hope Hidden Figures does that for another generation.
- seanc 5y agoLike John Aaron, the steely eyed missile man!
- nonameiguess 5y agoNot was. Is! I noticed on the last season of the Expanse that Luna headquarters was named after him and bothered to look him up. Dude's 93 and still kicking! It's amazing how well the astronaut medical screening worked. Unless they get killed in the line of duty, these guys are all living incredibly long.