NASA Langley Research Center Turns 100 and Keeps Looking Forward
As is often the case, necessity is the mother of invention. By 1916, the prospect of war with Europe looked increasingly likely, and by early 1917, Aviation Week warned that U.S. military aviation capability was less than optimal. President Woodrow Wilson sent Dr. Jerome Hunsaker to Europe to investigate and the report prompted Wilson to command the creation of the nation’s first aeronautics laboratory.
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