America 250 - Episode 43

Idaho

This week we visit Idaho! The Gem State hosts the Idaho National Laboratory, which assembles power generation systems for deep-space, planetary, and lunar missions. We also learn about how one young couple helped pioneer the warbird movement in the 1960s as they worked to return their P-40E back to the sky and later created the Warhawk Air Museum on Nampa, ID.

 

To learn more, please visit these websites:
Astronaut James Reilly II
Astronaut Kayla Barron
Craters Of The Moon
Idaho National Laboratory
Warhawk Air Museum
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk
John & Sue Paul

 

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Hosts

Charles GalbreathDirector and Senior Resident Fellow for Spacepower Studies, The Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence
Doug BirkeyExecutive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Heather PenneyDirector of Studies and Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

Credits

Producer
Shane Thin

Executive Producer
Doug Birkey

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