Pioneering Mathematician Reflects On Working For NACA, The Precursor to NASA

British astronomer Fred Hoyle first used the term "Big Bang Theory"
on a BBC radio program in 1949. Here in the U.S., Americans were
hitting their stride on a massive bang of their own. The National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics or NACA laid the groundwork for
what would become NASA a decade later and sent a manned rocket to
the moon 10 years after that. Before that successful mission, Vicky
Graves and her husband, Barry, started working for NACA.