This week we visit Missouri! The “Show Me State” is a long-standing center of air and space power industrial production. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation—founded in St Louis during 1939—built the Mercury and Gemini capsules for NASA, as well as iconic aircraft like the F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle. This production facility is alive and well as part of Boeing.
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Dr. Linda Godwin
Janet Kavandi
Michael Hopkins
Robert Behnken
Thomas Akers
Robert Springer
St. Louis Science Center
How St. Louis Became the Gateway to the Moon
This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
McDonnell Douglas Corporation’s Plant
Woody Burke and Bob Elwyn
McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II prototype
F-15Cs
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Hosts
Heather PenneyDirector of Studies and Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Doug BirkeyExecutive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Charles GalbreathDirector and Senior Resident Fellow for Spacepower Studies, The Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of ExcellenceCredits
Producer
Shane Thin
Executive Producer
Doug Birkey