What cannot be reliably known from the public record includes the specific classified projects she worked on, the specific calculations she contributed to the design of specific systems, and the precise extent of her influence on specific engineering decisions.

The gap between what can be known and what cannot be known is not a reason to diminish her.

It is a reason to be precise about the difference, because precision about the difference is what gives the documented record its credibility.

If you conflate what is documented with what is plausible, the whole thing becomes suspect.

If you are clear about the distinction, the documented record stands on its own.

Her documented record stands on its own.