{"id":5075,"date":"2016-07-25T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/25\/science-writer-proposes-a-new-women-of-nasa-lego-set\/"},"modified":"2016-07-25T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:22:37","slug":"science-writer-proposes-a-new-women-of-nasa-lego-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/25\/science-writer-proposes-a-new-women-of-nasa-lego-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Science writer proposes a new &#039;Women of NASA&#039; LEGO set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f154910%2f3ddff5e48507452bacf7e1707ead528d\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/ihspdmfl86hGI6Y1AI2redcHVuA=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F154910%2F3ddff5e48507452bacf7e1707ead528d.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Science+writer+proposes+a+new+%27Women+of+NASA%27+LEGO+set&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F24%2Fwomen-of-nasa-legos%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F24%2Fwomen-of-nasa-legos%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>One science writer wants LEGO to embrace the &#8220;ladies who rock outer space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of <em>MIT News<\/em> and self-proclaimed &#8220;LEGO tinkerer,&#8221; has proposed a new LEGO set celebrating the women of NASA.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/12\/juno-probe-image\/\">NASA&#8217;s Juno sends back first view from Jupiter&#8217;s orbit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She narrowed the list down to five women:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who developed software for the Apollo missions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated trajectories for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Nancy Grace Roman, an astronomer often called the &#8220;Mother of Hubble&#8221; for her work to make the Hubble Space Telescope a reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Mae Jemison, who became the first African-American woman in space in 1992.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/24\/women-of-nasa-legos\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/women\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Women<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/nasa\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Nasa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/toys\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Toys<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/legos\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Legos<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1469404068' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1469404068'><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/UqnY3cvsgng\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One science writer wants LEGO to embrace the &#8220;ladies who rock outer space.&#8221; Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of MIT News and self-proclaimed &#8220;LEGO tinkerer,&#8221; has proposed a new LEGO set celebrating the women of NASA. 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