Tag: rocketry

The Whitest Man Who Ever Lived – Secret History of America

The Whitest Man Who Ever Lived – Secret History of America “This ascent will be betrayed to Gravity. But the Rocket engine, the deep cry of combustion that jars the soul, promises escape. The victim, in bondage to falling, rises on a promise, a prophecy, of Escape…”   —Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow (1973)