It’s 1960s Texas and the Space Race is in full swing – a liberating and exciting time for many of NASA’s women, including one Mrs. Blake from England whose mathematical genius and impeccable Oxbridge qualifications have had her shipped over to work away from home for a few years. Of course, the Apollo Project wasn’t the only thing the state of Texas was known for at that time. It also gave us the infamous Texas Prison Strap, so often doled out to women for various misdemeanours alongside or in lieu of a prison sentence. Our heroine thought herself immune, of course. Protected by NASA, by her work visa, by her own good behaviour. Well, maybe she was having an affair with a married man. But adultery isn’t illegal any more! This is the 60s! Illegal or not, it’s enough to get you horribly framed if you happen to pick the wrong partner. And that’s how she’s found herself here
