Before the Moon Blog
Exploring the past, present, and future of space.
Tag: Warminster Pennsylvania
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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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Would You Strap Yourself Into a Machine That Simulates Death? Imagine climbing into a steel gondola, being locked into a seat, and flung in a giant circle at 175 miles per hour—until your vision tunnels, your breath seizes, and the world darkens to black. Now imagine doing it… on purpose. This wasn’t a thrill ride.…
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What If I Told You the Space Race Started on a River? One summer afternoon in 1787, as America’s founders debated the Constitution in Philadelphia, a ragged inventor stood on the banks of the Delaware River, staring at a contraption unlike anything the world had seen. It hissed, clanked, and belched steam. Then—it moved. John…