RIP: Katherine Johnson

[dewline]

I never got to meet her. I've heard and seen interviews, and of course, there's that movie that I'm glad I got to see a couple of years ago. She remains as important in her work as anyone else in space exploration, and her work helped make John Glenn's work in particular survivable.

Respect to her and to her colleagues, living and dead.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/517784975/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-and-an-inspiration-for-hidden-figures-dies

And a request to my American friends: don't let anyone erase her name. Especially in this instance in Langley, VA.

Comments

[cynthia1960]

May her memory remain imperishable.

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Is there an attempt to erase her name? (The link goes to the Silver Snoopy ceremony.)

[dewline]

The link goes to the NASA page about the building named for her. At least, it does when I click on it.

*scrolls to the bottom of that web page*

Ah. So that's what's happening here. I've had the like happen when I open up the website for The Guardian, for example: the link opens up at the bottom of the targeted web page.