Hello Friend,

Yep, colored women's washrooms.

More about that in a moment,

I thought I knew quite a bit about the early space race.

Turns out, it's like the old saying, the more you think you know, the less you actually do.

Well in my case anyway.

I was scanning through my copy of the February 2017 issue of Astronomy magazine  and low and behold I came across
a fascinating article about the contribution of women in the early space program.

More specifically,  3 African American women.

Three of the "human computers" who helped in the early days of the space race, even before NASA
were Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan. 

I'd never heard those names previously and it's more than likely you haven't either.

Segregation was huge back then.  
In fact, the washrooms were marked with signs that read "Colored Women's washrooms'.

A book has been written about them called 'Hidden Figures',  which I look forward to reading to find out more.

The Astronomy magazine article was a good start.  A movie has also been made, so that should be
of interest too. 

Amazingly, Katherine Johnson who is 98 and still alive to tell her story. In fact, she received the Presidential Medal
of Freedom for her work. 

This week we have a ton of great deals listed on the website; I'll get around to mentioning some over the next little
while, but here are a few to get started with.

The bestselling  Celestron Neximage 10 CCD imager is on sale right now.  
http://khanscope.com/products/celestron-neximage-10-solar-system-color-imager-93708

I've also had many people requesting a package with one of our best selling astronomy binoculars
the Celestron Skymaster Pro 20 x 80, that we've got that put together right here, at a nice
savings when you buy the package.
http://khanscope.com/products/copy-of-celestron-skymaster-pro-20-x-80-binocular-72031

Due to their size, they are ideally mounted on a quality photo tripod.   It's a great setup to use
for casual stargazing and one I personally use myself.

Clear Skies,

Ray Khan