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020			_a9781616147396
082			_a629.4092 _bMOR
100			_aMorgan, George D.
245			_aRocket girl : the story of America's first female rocket scientist
260			_bPrometheus Books, _c2013 _aGuilford :
300			_a325 p. ; _bill., _c23 cm
365			_b1602.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. On the opposite side of the world, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school in Ray, North Dakota. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later, the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined. World War II and the Cold War space race with the Russians changed the fates of both von Braun and Mary Sherman Morgan. When von Braun and other top engineers could not find a solution to the repeated failures that plagued the nascent US rocket program, North American Aviation, where Sherman Morgan then worked, was given the challenge. Recognizing her talent for chemistry, company management turned the assignment over to young Mary. In the end, America succeeded in launching rockets into space, but only because of the joint efforts of the brilliant farm girl from North Dakota and the famous German scientist. While von Braun went on to become a high-profile figure in NASA's manned space flight, Mary Sherman Morgan and her contributions fell into obscurity--until now"--Publisher's description.
650			_aUnited States
650			_aBiography
650			_aWomen Rocket scientists
650			_aAeronautics
650			_aMary Sherman Morgan
650			_aFuel
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