Historic Photos of NASA's Cavernous Wind Tunnels

(theatlantic.com)

31 points | by ohjeez 2 days ago

3 comments

  • trebligdivad 50 minutes ago
    The 1937 construction picture with the horses is a great contrast of technologies.
  • robviren 1 hour ago
    Reminds me of the old construction photos for nuclear reactors in the US. Astoundingly complex machines at a massive scale getting out together at what now feels like impossible speed. I can't help but feel like a Roman 100 years after the fall staring up at aqueducts wondering how anyone every built such a thing.

    I'm positive someone could show me an impressive thing we built recently. I don't feel like that is my point. Im just astounded those people in that time could build what they built with the tools they had as fast as they did.

    • Samtidsfobiker 1 minute ago
      We can build amazing things today too, but we have a lot higher standards and a lot more requirements than they did, which makes everything take longer time. Outside my office window an enormous new new warehouse was erected in just a few weeks, but it is just a huge box with no added extras so it can't have been very hard to do
  • coreyh14444 1 hour ago
    Imagine what Adrian Newey could have done in there...