Before the Moon Blog
Exploring the past, present, and future of space.
Tag: Bucks County history
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It Started With Corn. It Ended With the Moon. In the early 20th century, the land that would later host America’s most advanced aerospace research wasn’t full of jets, rockets, or spinning centrifuges. It was full of corn. Rows and rows of it. But beneath those furrows of farmland was a spark—a quiet legacy of…
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There’s something profoundly grounding about stepping into a room full of artifacts, photographs, and paper records most people have never seen. Yesterday, I had the chance to do just that during a visit to the Newtown Historic Association in Bucks County. Dave Callahan was nice enough to give me a tour of his well organized…