The unsung women heroes of America’s space program

Nathalia Holt talked with Jeffrey Brown at the Los Angeles Book Festival. More

They were living, breathing, walking, talking calculators who were key to America’s early space program. And they were women — and largely forgotten. At the time, the supercomputers that NASA now uses to crunch its numbers didn’t exist. Nathalia Holt looks to change the historic oversight in her new book, “Rise of the Rocket Girls.” Holt talked with Jeffrey Brown at the Los Angeles Book Festival.

AIR DATE 6/30/16