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Tuesday, August 12, 2003
The Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Museums are obviously places that require more than one day to see. We however did not have the luxury of extra time so we made a part of each museum a highlight. In the air and space museum I wanted to see the X24 because I worked on the X38 which began as a mold line replica of it. Also the interactive area for the kids was important. Ironically, at the end of the kids section they had posted the below article about the X38. Apparently the Smithsonian did not realize that the program had been canceled months before. (The article is dated 1997 so is quite old, and out of date!) I have always believed that Washington politics did not understand the way to run R&D programs and killed the X38 without securing the value gained in the program. You can read more at Access to Space on Blogger
The Smithsonian Museums are obviously places that require more than one day to see. We however did not have the luxury of extra time so we made a part of each museum a highlight. In the air and space museum I wanted to see the X24 because I worked on the X38 which began as a mold line replica of it. Also the interactive area for the kids was important. Ironically, at the end of the kids section they had posted the below article about the X38. Apparently the Smithsonian did not realize that the program had been canceled months before. (The article is dated 1997 so is quite old, and out of date!) I have always believed that Washington politics did not understand the way to run R&D programs and killed the X38 without securing the value gained in the program. You can read more at Access to Space on Blogger
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