Whiteboard Challenge - Hidden Figures

SUMMARY

Inspired by Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels Johnson for calculating the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Contestants, all African American women, write an algorithm to navigate a spacecraft from Earth to Mars.

DESCRIPTION

Topic: Inspired by Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels Johnson for calculating the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit.

Challenge: Contestants will write an algorithm to simulate the successful navigation of a spacecraft from Earth to Mars given a set of parameters.

Visualization: Viewers will see a game where a spacecraft travels from Earth to Mars as well as other planets in our solar system.

Contestants: African American Women