Air and Space

It started with JPL agreeing to land something on Mars.

Hotdog Brown talks about his experience with Top Gun School, the F-8 Crusader and the impact of naval aviation on the war over Vietnam.

Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was limited to commercial aircraft and gliders, as the Allies considered both to be harmless. They were wrong. This mistake would allow the Wehrmacht to subjugate most of Western Europe in a matter of months.

"The Breaking Point" tells the story of the demise of two missions and the abrupt end of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" era.

Part 1/2. Early in World War II, the Mitsubishi Zero shows the viability of lightweight fighters; heavier and more expensive aircraft, like the Grumman Hellcat, topple the Zero and diminish the stature of lightweight fighters in the eyes of military planners.

In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.

Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was limited to commercial aircraft and gliders, as the Allies considered both to be harmless. They were wrong. This mistake would allow the Wehrmacht to subjugate most of Western Europe in a matter of months.

"The Breaking Point" tells the story of the demise of two missions and the abrupt end of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" era.

Part 1/2. Early in World War II, the Mitsubishi Zero shows the viability of lightweight fighters; heavier and more expensive aircraft, like the Grumman Hellcat, topple the Zero and diminish the stature of lightweight fighters in the eyes of military planners.

In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.

Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was limited to commercial aircraft and gliders, as the Allies considered both to be harmless. They were wrong. This mistake would allow the Wehrmacht to subjugate most of Western Europe in a matter of months.

"The Breaking Point" tells the story of the demise of two missions and the abrupt end of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" era.

Part 1/2. Early in World War II, the Mitsubishi Zero shows the viability of lightweight fighters; heavier and more expensive aircraft, like the Grumman Hellcat, topple the Zero and diminish the stature of lightweight fighters in the eyes of military planners.

In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.

Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was limited to commercial aircraft and gliders, as the Allies considered both to be harmless. They were wrong. This mistake would allow the Wehrmacht to subjugate most of Western Europe in a matter of months.

"The Breaking Point" tells the story of the demise of two missions and the abrupt end of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" era.

Part 1/2. Early in World War II, the Mitsubishi Zero shows the viability of lightweight fighters; heavier and more expensive aircraft, like the Grumman Hellcat, topple the Zero and diminish the stature of lightweight fighters in the eyes of military planners.

In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.

Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was limited to commercial aircraft and gliders, as the Allies considered both to be harmless. They were wrong. This mistake would allow the Wehrmacht to subjugate most of Western Europe in a matter of months.

"The Breaking Point" tells the story of the demise of two missions and the abrupt end of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" era.

Part 1/2. Early in World War II, the Mitsubishi Zero shows the viability of lightweight fighters; heavier and more expensive aircraft, like the Grumman Hellcat, topple the Zero and diminish the stature of lightweight fighters in the eyes of military planners.

In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.

Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was limited to commercial aircraft and gliders, as the Allies considered both to be harmless. They were wrong. This mistake would allow the Wehrmacht to subjugate most of Western Europe in a matter of months.

"The Breaking Point" tells the story of the demise of two missions and the abrupt end of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" era.