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Michael Shettles describes how NASA’s Saturn V program relied on innovative management and communication systems to coordinate the highly complex effort of building and launching the rocket. He explains that Marshall Space Flight Center developed an…

Early German rocketry in mid-1930s, especialy wind tunnel research. Role of technical unversities in such research. Engineering problems met and solutions on the V-2. Life in days immediately after end of WW II.

V-2 development in war time Germany. Participation in British Operation Backfire and American Operation Paperclip after WW II.

V-2 development in war time Germany. Participation in British Operation Backfire and American Operation Paperclip after WW II.

In this interview, Donald Stewart recounts the early development of Jack Conroy’s Pregnant Guppy aircraft and its critical role in NASA’s Saturn program. He explains how the concept evolved from modifying surplus Boeing Stratocruisers into oversized…

In this portion of the interview, Donald Stewart recounts a series of technical challenges, humorous incidents, and engineering decisions surrounding the development and operation of the Pregnant Guppy and Super Guppy transport aircraft for NASA’s…