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Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit while dealing with racial and gender discrimination.

A female astronaut is found murdered in her hotel room on the morning of a press conference. The investigation leads to several suspects, including a jealous professional rival, an ex-boyfriend and a married space-shuttle commander (Tate Donovan) with whom the victim was having an affair.

Over the decades of the Cold War the Untied States, and Russia, have built thousands of ICBMs that, thankfully, have never been used. Eventually they get old and even though they are still functional they are replaced by better rockets. That leaves a bunch of perfectly good, bought and paid for rocket that can be used to launch satellites. Currently the Minuteman Missiles are being converted to Minotaur rockets.

Expander Cycle Rocket Engines use vaporized rocket fuel, typically hydrogen, to drive a turbine that pressurizes the fuel mixture as it enters the combustion chamber. These are some of the most efficient rockets ever built but they tend to be low on thrust. However, there are variation that provide higher thrust and, of course, Scott knows them all personally.

Grady busts construction myths about idle workers, planned obsolescence, Roman concrete, lowest bidders and bedrock foundations.

Pop culture tells the story of Gus Grissom panicking after the splash down of his Mercury spacecraft nearly leading to a calamity. But the oft told story leaves out many important details that cast a much different light on the event.