Why Is Science Fiction at the National Air and Space Museum?
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Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2016 · Education
Inspiration and imagination are critical to spaceflight. The Museum’s collection has long included artifacts that show how people have imagined spaceflight. Some early rocket pioneers and theorists also read Jules Verne’s stories, for instance. This model and the other science fiction artifacts in the Museum’s collection tell that story.
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