The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Photo by Eric Long/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution The Daily Planet, my new companion blog here at Air & Space magazine, highlights a speech recently given by my good friend Dr. Neil Tyson at the Space Foundation breakfast. Noted is Neil’s oft-mentioned concept that historically, three drivers are responsible for societies or nations undertaking great collective endeavors, such as pyramid- or cathedral-building, New World exploration, or Apollo Moon programs. These drivers are waging war, seeking wealth, and the p [...]
