'Sci / Tech Tourism' Category
Scientific Tourist #79 — comparative rocketry
I thought this shot pretty well sums up the technological progress made during the 1960’s race to the moon…
Scientific Tourist #78 — two firsts
From the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, models of Sputnik and Explorer I — the first (ever) artificial satellite, and the first U.S. satellite…
Scientific Tourist #77 — at the foot of a giant
Most people, at least in the U.S. will instantly recognize this shot…
Scientific Tourist #76 — Baleen whale
From the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France comes this shot of the skeleton of a baleen whale…
Scientific Tourist #75 — the F2G Super Corsair
This week, let’s go to back to Seattle’s Museum of Flight for a peek at another odd slice of WWII aeronautical history…
