Posted on 12/30/2018 1:48:04 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
Nancy Grace Roman, known as the "mother" of the Hubble Space Telescope and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA, died on Christmas Day. She was 93. As the first chief of astronomy in the office of space science at NASA headquarters, Roman had oversight of the planning and development of programs such as the Cosmic Background Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope, according to NASA. “During the 1960s and early 1970s there was no one at NASA who was more important in getting the first designs and concepts for Hubble funded and completed,” space historian Robert Zimmerman wrote in “The Universe in a Mirror,” an account of the creation of Hubble, according to The Washington Post. “More importantly, it was [Dr. Roman] more than anyone who convinced the astronomical community to get behind space astronomy.”
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A woman got a degree, lived a long life and passed away.
Proof the patriarchy is dead.
Someone should photo-shop Forrest Gump in that pic along wid JFK and old Mother Hubble.
;)
93 is a very good run. RIP skywatcher.
Hubble? That’s the one that didn’t work right when it got into space. Lots of money wasted. Some men went up there and managed to get it functional.
The Hubble was quickly fixed and turned into a huge success. What exactly have you done with your life that’s noteworthy? Or do you just disparage the accomplishments of others? Sad really......
I’m beggining to think the Webb telescope is just a money pit. It keeps over running it’s budget and getting the launch date set back for more years.
RIP.
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