Ride the Lightning

In conjunction with the Robert A. Heinlein Centennial, Dwayne A. Day (writing at The Space Review) provides us with an excellent look at the relationship between Heinlein and the U.S. space program.

Particularly of interest is a memo that Heinlein wrote in 1945. Has history overlooked a piece of writing as important as the letter Einstein wrote to Roosevelt regarding the creation of the atomic bomb?

This is Dwayne A. Day's second look at the relationship between Heinlein and the space program. For an even more detailed look, I recommend his two-part article, Heinlein's Ghost (found here and here).

Addendum: Related to the celebration, Heinlein as Nostradamus?