2017 Movie Hidden Figures : John Glenn

by Patricia Britt The movie Hidden Figures was number one at the box office last week. John Glenn's legacy has carried over into 2017, and will surely be limitless, through his historical tie to Katherine G. Johnson mathematician beginning her illustrious career with the title Computer at NASA. Her calculations were instrumental in Astronaut John Glenn's historic journey into space, and safe return to Earth to reach the age of 94. July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016. From the moment John met Katherine human to human, spirit to spirit, equal to equal in heart, and intelligence by his acknowledgement of the 30 black female "Computers" at NASA when he arrived to meet the NASA team there was a bond. He trusted her knowledge completely. Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson (Descendent of the great explorer Matthew P. Henson (http://www.greatblackheroes.com/science/matthew-henson/ ) played their characters with outstanding dignity, aptitude, and persistence worthy of Academy Awards as their portrayals brought tears to my eyes. Perhaps Taraji P. Henson will follow in Meryl Streep's footsteps with the diversity of her work. Kevin Costner's no non-sense every day guy formula portrayal that compels you to see whatever he's in to see what this good guy will do in each new set of circumstances was played to the heart as usual. Kevin Costner follows in the Paul Newman tradition of simplicity. You can search John Glenn, Katherine G. Johnson, and the other historic pioneers of space at NASA.gov after you note the other names, and triumphs from the film. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-is-john-glenn-k4.html https://nasasearch.nasa.gov/search?query=katherine+johnson&affiliate=nasa&utf8=%E2%9C%93 The film has all the able elements of greatness right through to the soundtrack available worldwide. The bottom line is kindness combined with intelligence is unstoppable. People, astronauts work together on the space station millions of miles above earth among the stars in space on an international space station level. Lets hope we can work things out on Earth with an act of kindness each day. Stay tuned for a poem called "The Stars on Mars." 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink Songs: Mothership by Parliament The Right Stuff by Vanessa Williams Moving Mountains by Usher Tightrope by Janelle Monae Silver Shadow by Atlantic Starr https://youtu.be/R9qIbnnGNFA After All by Al Jareau Just a Closer Walk With Thee performed by Mahalia Jackson https://youtu.be/_yk43bMDXRs?list=PLyGabUXyHgAfv2OaDLvS6gjPui0J6a3hp Science Starter Kit It's highly improbable in the limitless vastness of the Universe that we humans stand alone. by Charles Bolden https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/bolden_bio.html Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/profile/about-neil-degrasse-tyson Michio Kaku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku Bill Nye the Science Guy http://www.planetary.org/about/staff/bill-nye.html https://www.bannekerfoundation.com https://www.deepakchopra.com http://www.livescience.com/environment https://infogalactic.com/info/Main_Page http://www.virgingalactic.com/ https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_mind_behind_tesla_spacex_solarcity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin