Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space Michael Farthing reporter and editorial cartoonist Martha

reporter and editorial cartoonist Martha Rosenberg presents us with her shocking findings

This selection of letters (1938-1985) belonging to a major figure on the post-1945 scene allows a glimpse of his often turbulent life

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Cutting-edge tech

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Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space Michael Farthing reporter and editorial cartoonist MarthaThe National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics forerunner of today's NASA emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas and held together with yards of baling wire. At the time an unusual example of government intrusion (and foresight, given the importance of aviation to national military concerns), the committee oversaw the development of wind tunnels, metal fabrication, propeller design, and powerful new high speed