'Hidden Figures' may feature NASA's history, but it resonates in the present
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 21:31
in Astronomy & Space
When NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson asks to join a high-level briefing in the run-up to astronaut John Glenn’s historic 1962 flight in the film “Hidden Figures,” an engineer rushes to shut the idea down. “There’s no protocol for women attending,” he replies — an excuse that Johnson quickly...