Nancy Roman passes away at 93
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R.I.P. Nancy Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, died on Christmas at the age of 93.
Her name is largely forgotten, but her support for building the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1960s and the 1970s was critical in getting it done. As important, her support for all in-space astronomy in these early years eventually made it possible. During her term NASA built and launched the first space telescopes. Some were duds. Some were incredible successes. Regardless, her leadership proved that astronomy in space made sense, leading to the achievements that have followed in the half century that has followed.
God speed, Nancy Roman.
For many reasons, mostly political but partly ethical, I do not use Google, Facebook, Twitter. They practice corrupt business policies, while targeting conservative websites for censoring, facts repeatedly confirmed by news stories and by my sense that Facebook has taken action to prevent my readers from recommending Behind the Black to their friends.
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R.I.P. Nancy Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, died on Christmas at the age of 93.
Her name is largely forgotten, but her support for building the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1960s and the 1970s was critical in getting it done. As important, her support for all in-space astronomy in these early years eventually made it possible. During her term NASA built and launched the first space telescopes. Some were duds. Some were incredible successes. Regardless, her leadership proved that astronomy in space made sense, leading to the achievements that have followed in the half century that has followed.
God speed, Nancy Roman.
“NASA’s First Chief Astronomer, the Mother of Hubble”
NASA/Goddard
Feb 11, 2018
https://youtu.be/m5fC3FIUngk
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