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Icarus' Children
In the summer of 1977 Paul MacCready, a California scientist and businessman, won the coveted Kremer Prize. His achievement was to design and build an airplane which completed, unaided, a one-mile figure-eight course entirely under the power provided by the pilot himself. This is the story of those many failures and MacCready’s success.
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5 - 1In The Event of Catastrophe Jan. 04, 1978- 5 - 2The Green Machine Jan. 11, 1978
- 5 - 3Blueprints in the Bloodstream Jan. 18, 1978
- 5 - 4One Small Step Jan. 25, 1978
- 5 - 5The Final Frontier Feb. 01, 1978
- 5 - 6BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest Feb. 15, 1978
- 5 - 7Trial of Denton Cooley Feb. 22, 1978
- 5 - 8The Great Wine Revolution Mar. 01, 1978
- 5 - 9The Case of the Ancient Astronauts Mar. 08, 1978
- 5 - 10The Mind Machines Mar. 22, 1978
- 5 - 11Icarus' Children Mar. 29, 1978
- 5 - 12Still Waters Apr. 12, 1978
- 5 - 13Battle for the Acropolis Apr. 19, 1978
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- 5 - 15Laser : Light of the 21st Century May. 10, 1978
- 5 - 16Insect Alternative May. 24, 1978
- 5 - 17The Desert's Edge May. 31, 1978
- 5 - 18The Tsetse Trap Jun. 07, 1978
- 5 - 19Memories From Eden Jun. 14, 1978
- 5 - 20A Whisper from Space Jun. 21, 1978
- 5 - 21Alaska: The Closing Frontier Jun. 28, 1978