π Forgotten Female Innovators: Mary Sherman Morgan
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π Forgotten Female Innovators: Mary Sherman Morgan
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Have you heard of Mary Sherman Morgan?
Mary Sherman Morgan was the first female rocket scientist in the USA. π
Mary Sherman Morgan: 1921 - 2004
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What do you think her work involved?
She is the inventor of Hydyne, the first (successful) liquid rocket fuel ever invented.
How did a woman end up inventing explosives in the 1950s?
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Information that is classified is ___.
Mary Sherman Morgan spent the war period designing explosives for the military (TNT, DNT...).
She was the technical lead of Project Jupiterβs propellant development department.
ππ» to propel: to push or drive (someone or something) forward or in a particular direction
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She was doing research on βpropellantsβ. She was working with ___.
Her invention:
In 1957, she and her team invented the liquid fuel Hydyne, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket.
This was the rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer-1.
ππ» to boost (oneβs confidence, ego, sales...)
is generally used as a synonym of βto increase, to improveβ, but in this case it refers to the action of lifting something by pushing from below.
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Jupiter-C rocket ___ Explorer-1.
Why was she forgotten?
It appears that she was particularly secretive π€« about her career and achievements. Also, Hydyne was never used again after the Explorer-1 mission.
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