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a16z Podcast: From Hidden Figure to Sonic BOOM

2017-03-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·38m 11s ·by Andreessen Horowitz
a16z Podcast: From Hidden Figure to Sonic BOOM
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About this episode

An aerospace engineer who worked for NASA for over 40 years, Dr. Christine Darden is one of the mathematicians that the book and movie Hidden Figures was based on. Darden eventually would lead the sonic boom team, going on to become the first African-American woman in senior management at NASA. In t