NASA headquarters renamed for ‘hidden figure’ | WNT

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1. Thank you for posting. I got to witness a rocket launch in 2018. Memorable experience. I posted a pretty cool video of the trip to my channel.

2. About damn time, better late than never. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis.

3. Patent Pioneers:

   Mary Dixon Kies
   In 1809, she received a patent for inventing improvements for Weaving Straw with Silk or Thread 1041x.
   Her technique greatly reduced the cost of making straw bonnets – most women worked in the fields and wore bonnets. This method became the standard process for more than a decade.
   Unfortunately, the original patent file was destroyed (along with many others) in a fire at the United States Patent Office in 1836.
   In 2006, she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her method of Weaving Straw with Silk or Thread.
   She became the first woman and African-American to apply for and receive a patent for an invention in the United States of America.

   Thomas L. Jennings
   In 1821, he received a patent for inventing improvements to Dry Scouring for Clothes 3306x aka "Dry Cleaning".
   His process would dry clothes on a rack with heat from a stove. This method was unique because, previous driers known as ventilators were used over open flames and cause fires.
   This method would become the standard process for more than 70 years.
   Unfortunately, the original patent file was destroyed (along with many others) in a fire at the United States Patent Office in 1836.
   He became the first African-American man to receive a patent for an invention in the United States of America.

4. Too bad, this lady deserved this honor long ago but it seems like the timing is wrong now because it feels like it's forced and will get less recognition that it should because of the way some of the people are acting in these times.

5. NASA should have went into the inner cities and created programs for minority children that will help them get into NASA if that is what they would want to do and create scholarships for minorities to go to college and a possible job at NASA! I see so many children who look at freshly graduated college students and shake their heads. I heard them say “your in debt and you can’t find a career, while I can watch YouTube and other video streaming sources and get a foundation for what I want to do and depending on the career, I can get a 4 year degree for free and become an entrepreneur.” That’s what they could have done in Ms. Jackson’s life time. They could have named the program after her! Breathing life into her legacy! How many people question why a building is named after someone versus another young Mary creating a new material for space suits for NASA saving them millions and creating future manufacturing jobs in the future. Which one would you rather have?

6. Gosh, it is
   slightly heartbreaking that it took until now. But still great none the less!

7. Bravo for our American Heroes using their BRAINS and pioneering the opportunities so long overdue.

8. She really do deserve the acknowledgement for her achievements at NASA but the truth is she deserved her props a LONG TIME AGO.

9. Death to all media!

10. Bless God! Wonderful news!

11. 🙏🏾

12. If they really felt that way they would have done this a long long time ago. Instead they do it for brownie points.

13. ❤️

14. Her superpower was that she was black.

15. She seems like an amazing human being. Thank God for all the strong – minded women that have been inspirational leaders & amazing examples of remarkable humans! Let’s continue raising each other up. Prayers for our nation 🙏🏻❤️💚🙏🏻

16. NASA: Never a Straight Answer

17. NASA in Hebrew means to deceive don’t buy in to this bullshit because if they were so honored & so inspired by her story they would’ve honored her while she was still alive, not now when the country is in a uproar about black & white, now its just seems like they doin it for the moment & not for the cause. They Don’t care about us!

18. This should be thought in history class. It took to long for this honor. Enough is enough. Why does it has to take many years to honor a person cause of their race and color of their skin.

19. Ehh just a math wiz big deal

20. "We won't give Black people anything tangible but we'll name a building after one of you…"

21. Awe this sure did ended slavery why we named him something of something nobody knows about or cares about no matter what color specially its a woman lol

22. Not black African American women

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