Inverting Vision – Reflections on the History of Science, Exploration, and Technology·Oct 28, 2026 James Webb, Vannevar Bush, and Basic Research in Space
In November 1962, NASA administrator James Webb wrote a letter to President John F. Kennedy after a contentious meeting about the Apollo program. In that meeting, they had litigated the overall goal of the US space program, and arrived at a sort of agreement in principle. They both wanted the United States to achieve “preeminence …History·History of Exploration
