Rise Of The Rocket Girls BP00801-E Ages 10 & up

Ages 10 & up

Bissinger takes readers from college playing fields to the poignant moments before the deadly Battle of Okinawa

Written by Colonel Mark C

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During the interwar period

Rise Of The Rocket Girls BP00801-E Ages 10 & upIn the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. For the first time, Rise