The problem with
View From The Porch, for me anyway, is that Tam knows way more history than I do so dang near every time I open her blog I find something new I have to look up. This morning it was Colonel Stapp. From the context I deduced it was probably the rocket sled guy, but with Tam you never know, so I checked. When I did I found
this fine story about the Colonel's exploits.
More YouTube videos. 13 minutes each. Colonel Stapp is not an entertaining speaker, but they contain good information.
Satellite view of track in New Mexico.
Gotta wonder what modern day defense contractors would charge for this brand of work...
ReplyDeleteGotta wonder what they were charging back then...
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