Let the shockwave topple monuments
I felt much more ambivalent about the development of the Bell X-1 after I learned the history of the Miles M.52, but I still recognize the loss of Chuck Yeager. I grew up building and launching model rockets; one of my childhood talismans was a Matchbox SR-71. I can't remember not knowing about him.

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*hugs*
Stars are important.
This thing I am writing for you is a MESS but I am pretty committed to the disaster.
It was not a mess! It wasn't even all that drafty! You even had most of the blocking in there right from the start! (Your ability to draft with blocking, actually, has taken a couple of levels in the course of this book. It's cool.)