DANIEL JACKLING APPLIED THE MODERN TECHNIQUES OF MASS PRODUCTION TO THE ANCIENT ART OF COPPER MINING AND PRODUCED ONE OF THE LARGEST TECHNOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS ON EARTH
Pioneer 10 , launched in 1972 and expected to complete its mission the next year, is still sending messages from far beyond Pluto, confounding even its makers
His one good idea, a way to build hydrogen bombs, was a brilliant if harrowing triumph. From then on his influence kept growing even as his successes kept getting more modest.
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