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Topic: First Transcontinental Railroad 150th
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drifting to the right
Member Posts: 114
From: SW La.
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-14-2019 04:09 PM
  
1969 was a landmark year for American ingenuity, and coincided with the centennial of a similar achievement now less heralded, but with remarkable parallels. I refer to the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Spring 1869.It was championed and initiated by a president who was later assassinated, involved a combination of government/military and private enterprise, employed a workforce of similar size to peak Apollo program, included top U.S. engineering minds, required new and advanced technologies, captured worldwide press attention, and was an American first in the world. Can you name the astronaut who is a living link between these two enterprises? (Hint: it is based on his post-NASA career.) |
TLIGuy
Member Posts: 205
From: Virginia
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 02-14-2019 04:49 PM
Jim McDivitt's work for the Pullman Rail Car Company? |
drifting to the right
Member Posts: 114
From: SW La.
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-14-2019 09:30 PM
Well done! It was indeed Jim McDivitt, joining Pullman, Inc. in 1975. | |
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