Part 2 NOVA The Light Stuff (human-powered flight)

Sadly, this excellent documentary about recreating the mythical flight of Daedalus using modern material and other technology is no longer available. I bought it as a VHS tape. This kind of information loss due to changes in technology is called "data rot". The story of how this group at MIT overcame the enormous obstacles and setbacks on the way to triumph is part of of our technological history. It should remain available--especially for young people discovering engineering. Fun to watch, too!

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• human
• powered
• flight
• MIT
• engineering

[alabala327]

the 80's ?

[sciencetoymaker]

@alabala327 Around 1988

[MrZiggfly]

cool how many parts are there going to be

[sciencetoymaker]

@MrZiggfly Three

[sharrynuk]

I watched the first two parts; great so far!

[cprich22]

Interesting*

[cprich22]

Hey thanks for uploading this, im currently training to be an aircraft engineer and im finding this thorughly unteresting

Thanks