The Rise of The Rocket Girls

Buzz Aldrin was the most brilliant mathematician behind NASA space missions

• True

• False

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Nathalia Holt was part of the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in the 1960s.

• True

• False

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According to Nathalia Holt, “Man” was able to travel to the moon thanks to the rocket girls who worked on the Lunar project.

• True

• False

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In 1950s accurate mathematical calculations could only be performed by women.

• True

• False

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A small divergence in mathematical calculations would mean a drastic change of destination.

• True

• False

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How did the ‘rocket girls’ influence most NASA space missions?

• They replaced the computers being used at that time.

• Their outstanding calculations influenced everyone.

• They pioneered computer programming at the labs.

• All missions you can imagine were incredibly engineered.

The phrase ‘brought in’ in line 27 is closest in meaning to:

• recruited

• accepted

• chose

• interviewed

What can be inferred from the passage in line 28-30: ‘If anyone tried to employ only men or only women today, they wouldn’t be allowed to.’

• Today, women are allowed to hire only men or only women as needed.

• Hiring only men or women is no longer an approved practice in society.

According to the text, how did Macie Roberts manage to have women remain in their jobs for long?

• Making women help each other with work hours to balance work and their personal lives.

• Providing acknowledgement and a pleasant working environment with manageable schedules.

• Forming their professional lives with values within a special work environment full of advantages.

• Becoming close to them through incentives such as managing their own working time and relationships.

What is the purpose of this text?

• To explain why Holt wouldn’t have written her book

• To promote a flexible work schedule among women

• To seek more acknowledgment of female engineers

• To show women engineers are as valuable as male