It's Not Rocket Science

ALT Built around the verbatim experiences of women in the aerospace industry, It’s Not Rocket Science is a well-research, thoughtful and very enjoyable depiction of the obstacles put in the path of a woman in a traditionally male pursuit. simply can’t understand why her gender should hold her back. She isn’t strident or argumentative – she just knows that she’s right in the knowledge that being the best person for the job should qualify her. We see her facing day-to-day, low-level sexism throughout her career as she is variously encounters patronizing scientists, misogynistic students and women colleagues who advise her to ‘play the game’, these characters well conveyed by Helen Knudsen and Stef White.