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NASA once hired teams of expert seamstresses for spaceflight
Original: RE: https:// tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/1173823 97216266564 that’s why # NASA hired teams of # embroidery # knitting # beadi
A widely shared post notes that NASA hired teams of embroidery, knitting and beading experts to sew spacecraft components, work requiring millimetre precision. Many of these seamstresses were women, and predominantly Native American, African American and Latina workers, echoing the story of the 'hidden figures' and spacesuit sewers like the women of ILC Dover who stitched Apollo and shuttle hardware.
Why now: People are highlighting the overlooked, highly skilled handcraft labour by women of colour behind the space programme.
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