Oddities: Pigeon-Guided Missiles
Before Radars and GPS, there were pigeons. With 25,000$ funding from the U.S. Army, a behavioral psychologist was able to build a pigeon-guided missile.
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Aeronautical engineer, product builder, developer, science fiction author, and an explorer. I'm the creator and editor of Geekswipe. I love writing about physics, aerospace, astronomy, and technology.
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