Question

in 1962, as nasa prepared for the orbital mission of john glenn - who would become the first american to orbit the earth - johnson was called upon to do the work that she would become most known for. the complexity of the orbital flight had required the construction of a worldwide communications network, linking tracking stations around the world to ibm computers in washington, cape canaveral in florida, and bermuda. the computers had been programmed with the orbital equations that would control the trajectory of the capsule in glenns friendship 7 mission from liftoff to landing. the astronauts were wary, though, of putting their lives in the care of the electronic calculating machines, which were prone to hiccups and blackouts. as a part of the preflight checklist, glenn asked engineers to have johnson run the same numbers through the same equations that had been programmed into the computer, but by hand; johnsons skill with numbers was viewed as commensurate with that of a computer. \if she says theyre good,\ johnson remembers the astronaut saying, \then im ready to go.\ glenns flight was a success and marked a turning point in the competition between the united states and the soviet union in space. assessment questions 16 out of 36 answered question 19 what is the meaning of \commensurate\ as it is used in paragraph 4? a. comparable b. competent c. contradictory d. cooperative

Explanation:

In the context, it is said that Johnson's skill with numbers was on - par with that of a computer. "Commensurate" here means comparable in ability or measure.

Answer:

A. comparable