Wright Brother's flight 1909

[besilarius]

http://ghostsofdc.org/2016/03/10/orville-wrights-flight-record-at-ft-myer-in-1909/

How far flight has come in a century.

[Barthheart]

Just imagine if spaceflight had followed the same pace/trajectory as air travel.... we'd be mining the asteroids already and a base on Mars....

[Staggerwing]

Just imagine if spaceflight had followed the same pace/trajectory as air travel.... we'd be mining the asteroids already and a base on Mars....

If we had been willing to take the same degree of risk that aviation took during it's first 50 years we certainly would be doing those things. Also, the technological stimulus of two world wars helped. Maybe we need a war in space?