Lennart Thornros <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes I agree with that NASA did something I would say in spite of being a > government organization. Driving forces JFK and W von Braun. Not the > organization . > That is not a bit true. Most of the NASA people were top notch. The movie Apollo 13 is an good portrayal of the organization and people. I knew some of them and I assure you it wasn't only JFK and von Braun. The government also pioneered semiconductors and computers in that era, and later the Internet. I also knew some of the government people in the forefront of computer hardware and software. I did not know Grace Hopper but no one contributed more to software than she did. She was an admiral in the Navy. The Navy also encouraged and paid for the discovery and development of the laser, and much else. - Jed
