{"id":30496,"date":"2017-10-18T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=30496"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:53:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:53:51","slug":"lego-alert-lego-women-nasa-aims-inspire-children-reach-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/lego-alert-lego-women-nasa-aims-inspire-children-reach-space\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Alert: LEGO Women of Nasa Aims to Inspire Children to Reach for Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children are being inspired to break science boundaries, with the new Women of NASA Lego set to be released on 01 November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Grace Roman, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride and Mae Jemison are the four scientists who will be immortalised in the construction toy<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Grace Roman\u2019s build features an authentically detailed Hubble Space Telescope with projected image of a planetary nebula. Margaret Hamilton\u2019s features a stack of book elements, representing the books of listings of Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) onboard flight software source code. And\u00a0Sally Ride and Mae Jemison\u2019s build features a launchpad and Space Shuttle Challenger with three removable rocket stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all realms of science, engineering, and technology, pioneering women have historically been underappreciated for their often groundbreaking work. We have also seen that when girls and women are given more encouragement in the STEM fields, they become more likely to pursue careers in these areas,\u201d\u00a0 Maia Weinstock said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this project, I wanted to spotlight a fantastic group of women who have made seminal contributions to NASA history. 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