NASA names headquarters after first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson

Becoming a NASA engineer in those days must have been extraordinarily challenging. That Mary Jackson, a black woman, succeeded in doing so in a society, and a professional culture (engineering) dominated by white men (nothing against white men, am a white man myself, just pointing out an objective fact, please put your pitchforks away) speaks to her talent and the grit it took to achieve what she achieved.<p>A well deserved announcement.

Edit: the article spells this out.<p>She was the junior of the three starring characters in the movie Hidden Figures.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hidden_Figures" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hidden_Figures</a>

I&#x27;ve seen negative comments of people claiming this is fruitless and that it pretends to solve racism forever (here and elsewhere).<p>No one involved in naming this thought that was the case. They are giving overdue recognition.<p>I can&#x27;t imagine why people would be negative about this besides feeling threatened.

They should have named it after their key man, Wernher von Braun.

This is good because it encourages African-Americans, other minority people, and women to pursue engineering. There are so many people who would be great engineers but aren&#x27;t. They are missing out on good careers. And society is missing out on good engineers.<p>Renaming buildings is an easy way to help improve things.

This woman should be on the front of a limited edition $100 US bill.

We haven&#x27;t been to the moon since 1969.

Strongly disagree. If the overall contribution was close, I&#x27;d say give her name to the building but apparently it isn&#x27;t. Also naming the building after her solves nothing, in fact its obvious why they did it.<p>Yes, I know as a black woman she had so many things against her, but so did a lot of people back then.