Fort Huachuca Army Brat
The world of Tumbleweed Forts, the book
Category: Science
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('Solder' is pronounced 'sodder.') When he was twelve years old, Tom Warner played with his first crystal radio set in Easton, Pennsylvania. Then he got serious about electronics. When he was fourteen, he built a Hartley oscillator and connected it to a modulator. His six-watt radio signal carried across the Lehigh River to the other…
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The rocket was ready now. Steam was bubbling down its stainless steel shell as the fuel tanks warmed up. “That Atlas is big,” Carl said. “It’s a lot bigger than the rocket they used for Shepard and Grissom.” “The old rocket was the Redstone,” Dad said. “I knew that,” said Carl. Mercury Control counted down…