This project sounds completely fascinating. Has anyone on the list
ever managed to read Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon's novel about
V2s and London? It is notoriously difficult to read, and I only lasted
a few chapters before getting distracted by more frivolous books. Is
it worth persevering?
Recently, in the Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace in Paris, I was looking
at some of the earliest publications on the V2. While generally aimed
at explaining what the hell was going on to the public, there was also
an awareness of the V2's potential to reach escape velocity.
Alice
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Dr Alice Gorman
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Human and Environmental Studies
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Australia
Space heritage: http://users.bigpond.com/zoharesque.htm
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