In our first podcast of 2021 we spend some time talking about two people from the world of space who we think have been over looked. There are obviously thousands of people who fit this bill, but this podcast isn't going anywhere soon, so we'll do our best!

George Carruthers:

Looking Back: Dr. George Carruthers and Apollo 16 Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph:

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/looking-back-dr-george-carruthers-and-apollo-16-far-ultraviolet-cameraspectrograph

Washington Post obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-carruthers-dead/2020/12/31/ca5a366e-4acc-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html

Heather Couper:

Floella Benjamin Obituary:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/15/heather-couper-remembered-by-floella-benjamin

BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51562165

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf-a3ag7-5zrzp-rlrwg-nfkpj-s6pl3-64ppm-2z4ah-g8522-cfjmh-ajc53-erjzt-td6xz

Image credit: Getty/U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

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