Jemison Among Lego’s ‘Women of NASA’ Play Set

Style Magazine Newswire | 10/20/2017, 11:15 a.m.
Lego has a new set that originated by a member of its Lego Ideas fan-sourced creation platform: The Women of …
Mae Jamison Lego

Source: Techcrunch.com

Lego has a new set that originated by a member of its Lego Ideas fan-sourced creation platform: The Women of NASA, a package that includes NASA pioneers Nancy Grace Roman, Margeret Hamilton, Sally Ride and Mae Jamison, as well as a space shuttle model, the Hubble telescope and display stands for all. The Lego set was originally proposed by MIT News deputy editor Maia Weinstock on the Ideas platform last year, and quickly made its way to the 10,000 mark needed for official project approval by Lego. Weinstock had suggested that the set include computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, Mathematician Katherine Johnson, first American woman in space Sally Ride, Hubble Space Telescope creator Nancy Grace Roman, and the first African-American woman in space Mae Jamison. The final kit includes all but Johnson, which Lego says is only because it requires approval from all involved, and apparently, there was some hiccup in gaining approval from Johnson and her family at this time. The Women of NASA set is on sale starting November 1 and will retail for $24.99.

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