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Epic card · Science
Katherine Johnson, an Epic card
Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 850,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Katherine Johnson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Katherine Johnson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The space agency noted her "______ role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
Answer
historical. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist". From the Katherine Johnson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Computer. Computer 89 · Megestrol acetate 86 · Katherine Johnson 80 · Diogenes 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Computer. Computer 1,200,000 · Katherine Johnson 850,000 · Zodiac 640,000 · Helicase 19,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform tasks previously requiring humans.
- The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
- Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Katherine Johnson article was read about 850,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Katherine Johnson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Katherine Johnson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
