Reviews - Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

I loved learning about the incredible group of human computers working at JPL in the early days, but I had trouble with the author's writing style. She obviously researched each woman heavily, but adds details of what they were thinking or feeling that feel contrived. She also spends a disproportionate amount of time talking about their appearances, without ever getting in depth enough with any single woman to make it seem more than superficial. The book was also badly organized, with a slow start and rapid finish that glossed over some of the more recent NASA achievements. For example, the Mars Rovers barely got any time, while the very early days of JPL got multiple chapters, before NASA existed. Overall an interesting and informative story, but could have been better organized and more detailed.

eeeeeeee's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 29%

Turns out I'm not interested in rockets.

jujubeewest's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Too technical. Blah. Listened for hour.

lmkramer507's review against another edition

4.0

Interesting, but not as engaging for me as Radium Girls and Code Girls. Still, an interesting history of space flight overall and this group of women in particular.

alidottie's review against another edition

4.0

I think I found this book more interesting than other people would since I am highly interested in the history and current state of exploration in space because of the curriculum we are using in my Challenge Lab this year. I love the inspiration these female human computers are!