Before the Moon Blog
Exploring the past, present, and future of space.
Tag: Naval Air Development Center
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In the early 1950s, inside a restricted Cold War research facility in Warminster, Pennsylvania, a young biophysicist began work that would quietly reshape aviation safety and aerospace medicine. Her name was Alice Stoll. She did not arrive as a test subject, a novelty, or a symbol. She arrived as a scientist, recruited for her expertise…
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Before Silicon Valley became synonymous with American innovation, there was a different kind of creative energy radiating from a quiet base in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Inside its hangars and labs, engineers, scientists, and technicians were redefining the limits of aviation, communication, and computing. One of them was Doug Crompton—a radio engineer, inventor, and ham radio enthusiast…
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In the quiet heart of Warminster, Pennsylvania, beneath the shadow of shopping centers and suburban streets, lies a history that once helped power the Space Race. Eleanor O’Rangers, President of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Cold War Historical Society, has dedicated her career to uncovering it. “Most people think of Bucks County as the birthplace of America,”…
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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…