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One thing leads to another. I always though Albert Einstein's little ditty was fairly clever:

Absolutely, ColdWarrior; I'm sure you're right about that. But I always remember the comment made by a National Guard aviator I used to work with who told me once: - It's aways better to be down here wishing you were up there, - Than to be up there wishing you were down here. :naner:fat lady...

I got a kick out of the article noting that the quantity of engine parts and the tolerances were so finicky that the engines had a tendency to "burn and explode". Then goes on to say how the mechanics were happy then once the aircraft got retired: - You GOT to figure that the flight crews were...

I wonder what it was about WWII Germany that gave them all that initial edge in aeronautical/ rocket technology. I'm guessing it was just the genius of von Braun (the house where he lived in the U.S. after WWII is just a few blocks from my house here). But I wonder if there was more to it than...

That's one that definitely snuck under the wire; first I ever heard of it either.