clarryy 's review for:

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

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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SO GOOD. An excellent summary of their stories, and although the language was simplified a lot, it was appreciated because I do not understand rocket science (as much as I wish I did). The only pitfall is it does derail into irrelevant tangents at times (I don't really care what they wore to work), but a few personal stories did help form a connection with the women over their decades and careers at JPL. If you get nothing else from the book, it provides a good stepping-off point for further reading about women's contributions to space exploration, as it covers ~50 years of events and scientific discovery. The last paragraph made me cry — "They are the legacy of women, written in the stars." britney spears yeah.gif