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Rocket Science

Published December 15, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

Hollis Gillespie's mother was a rocket scientist -- really. She designed bombs for the Defense Department and worked on the last Apollo mission. She didn't set out to be a scientist -- she wanted to be a cosmetologist.

Copyright 2002 NPR

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