Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

First image taken from space

• First image taken from space

• 106km altitude, 5 times higher than any image ever before
• V-2 rocket launched at White Sands, NM

Mapping and Charting Research Laboratory established at Ohio State

• Mapping and Charting Research Laboratory established at Ohio State

• Funded by U.S. Air Force
• Assembled the world’s largest and most productive corps of geodetic scientists
• Particularly strong in gravimetry and photogrammetry
• Trained large numbers of analysts and scientists

The transistor was developed by a team led by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley at Bell Labs

• The transistor was developed by a team led by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley at Bell Labs

• Initially primitive and unreliable, it allowed the miniaturization of computers and later development of microprocessors