Following is a short review of the movie by Annabelle:
Hidden Figures is a movie about three African-American women who worked for NASA on the Apollo missions. Back in the day, blacks were still discriminated against, and the black women worked as computers, meaning they did all the calculations. Hidden Figures focuses on Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, and their quiet rise to the top of NASA. Katherine and her friends started as computers in the segregated West Computing Room. They only had the “colored” restrooms but they were happy to be working at NASA nonetheless. In the computing rooms they had large, typewriter-like calculators and they did math all day to calculate trajectories and such. Katherine was a genius, so much so that she got into high school at 10 years old. She quickly rose to being accepted into flight operations. She was making the calculations for launch and landing at record speed, and she and her friends helped bring down the segregation in NASA. Their accomplishments allowed John Glenn to complete his orbit and gave hope to the USA. They were truly remarkable women, even if their story was hidden until now.I'd highly encourage any and all to see the movie. These women were remarkable, and their stories remained "hidden" until now. Imagine being the only woman in a man's world. And imagine being the only person of color in a white world. Then imagine being a black woman rising to the top in a white man's world, and that's what these heroes did. So inspirational!
https://youtu.be/aVda_e4qs2o
After the movie, a Museum of Flight rep let students in the crowd know they, too, had pathways to aerospace careers.
MEANWHILE, IN SPACE: It's only fitting that a woman made history in space on the day we saw "Hidden Figures." Specifically Peggy Whitson.
This is Whitson's third mission on the space station; she'll soon become its commander for the second time. Age 56, she's spent more than a year of her life in space.
In the screen shot from NASA TV below, Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson are shown during their six-hour and 32-minute spacewalk. During their Extra Vehicular Activity, the two NASA astronauts successfully installed three new adapter plates and hooked up electrical connections for three of the six new lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station. They also accomplished several get-ahead tasks, including a photo survey of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
KING CAKE: Saturday evening, a friend came over and she came bearing home baked cake. And not just any cake, a King Cake!
She has lived in New Orleans for years and knows all about the Mardi Gras traditions. The colorful cake (doughtnut shaped, and topped with colorful granulated sugar), is associated with pre-Lenten celebrations during carnival time.
None of the four of us had ever had King Cake before, so it was a treat. One of the traditions is that a baby (signifying the Christ child) is hidden in the cake. Of course, both of the kids were eager to be the one to find it.
CJ found the baby this go round. There are different stories regarding what that means. Some say it means a year of good luck, others say it means you have to host the party next year.
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