Who is the engineer in hidden figures?
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Also to know is, who is the lead engineer at NASA in hidden figures?
On April 1, 2016, Jim Parsons was cast in the film to play the head engineer of the Space Task Group at NASA, Paul Stafford.
Furthermore, what is their job title at NASA in hidden figures? NASA's Real 'Hidden Figures' Mary Jackson was one of the "human computers" portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures." The job title described someone who performed mathematical equations and calculations by hand, according to a NASA history. The computers worked at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Virginia.
One may also ask, who is the head of the Space Task Group in hidden figures?
Kevin Costner
How accurate are hidden figures?
So we tracked down a manual for that spacecraft and sent them copies." And Johnson herself, now 98 years old, reportedly approves of the story told about her life in Hidden Figures. She told the Daily Press, after a screening of the movie, that from her perspective "It sounded good It sounded very, very accurate."