Rise of the Rocket Girls is an interesting read about the female computers at the Jet Propulsion Lab. The book detailed about the achievements and failures of the Army’s and NASA’s computing group for many space exploration missions. The book exemplifies the importance of trial and error in developing scientific discoveries. Throughout the stories of the many female figures at JPL, the theme of success and failure echoed in their legacy.
Failure can be considered as a principal part of the learning process. The Nature of Science (FCPS 2011-2012 “The Nature of Science”) defines that science is constantly changing and result from conducted experiments. Most of these changes are caused by failures by experiments. JPL constantly failed missions and tests but all these failures built up JPL’s experience to accomplish even greater missions like the Viking missions. For instance, the Vanguard …show more content…
The Challenger shuttle used the eleven point star shape in the boosters developed by JPL by trial and error during the second World War. Unfortunately, because of O ring malfunction, the Challenger shuttle exploded (pg 260).
Besides learning from failure, failure can help science development to move forward. In the movie Hidden Figures, the NASA Research Center in Langley was continuously pushed by their constant failure of beating the Soviets in the Space Race. This allowed them to utilize different methods for rocketry and computing to speed up and enhance their calculations to propel John Glenn into space.
Science is built on failure and learning. The scientists and computers at JPL embrace and are used to improving on failure (pg 60) in order to create a perfect rocket. Only through the perseverance and pursue of failure to learn, scientists can produce findings that shape policies and human understandings (Success in Failure, Nature,
Failure can be considered as a principal part of the learning process. The Nature of Science (FCPS 2011-2012 “The Nature of Science”) defines that science is constantly changing and result from conducted experiments. Most of these changes are caused by failures by experiments. JPL constantly failed missions and tests but all these failures built up JPL’s experience to accomplish even greater missions like the Viking missions. For instance, the Vanguard …show more content…
The Challenger shuttle used the eleven point star shape in the boosters developed by JPL by trial and error during the second World War. Unfortunately, because of O ring malfunction, the Challenger shuttle exploded (pg 260).
Besides learning from failure, failure can help science development to move forward. In the movie Hidden Figures, the NASA Research Center in Langley was continuously pushed by their constant failure of beating the Soviets in the Space Race. This allowed them to utilize different methods for rocketry and computing to speed up and enhance their calculations to propel John Glenn into space.
Science is built on failure and learning. The scientists and computers at JPL embrace and are used to improving on failure (pg 60) in order to create a perfect rocket. Only through the perseverance and pursue of failure to learn, scientists can produce findings that shape policies and human understandings (Success in Failure, Nature,