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Was the singular focus on the Wright Brothers' contributions to flight and ingenuity a fair one? I had thought there was some shift in the Wright Brothers' att
by bredren 3y ago
Was the singular focus on the Wright Brothers' contributions to flight and ingenuity a fair one?
I had thought there was some shift in the Wright Brothers' attribution to flight in general.
It seemed like better recognition of the contributions by Samuel Langley and Glenn Curtiss' to flight technology were along with acknowledgement of the WB's own efforts to boost their legacy might have checked a decision to keep pouring on the WB-were-the-ones narrative.
- vpribish 3y agoWhere did they talk about the Wrights? This on the wrong article?
- cybrox 3y agoIt's part of the video of Bill Nelsons speech that's embedded in the article.
- cybrox 3y agoIt was not about the contribution but about the moment. The Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight on earth and Ingenuity achieved the first powered flight on another planet. I think people are well aware that it's neither the Wright brothers nor ingenuity as a singular entity that did what ultimately concluded in that achievement but rather the scientific effort of humanity as a whole.
- bredren 3y agoI disagree, if anything, the Wright brothers’ documented first powered flight and desperate effort to control the technology and historical narrative have caused other contributors to continue to go unrecognized in important mainstream media like this. If it was the scientific effort of humanity as a whole, then it seems like the director would have simply compared it to the profound effort toward manned flight. After all, we have Langley Air Force Base and NASA’s own Langley Research Center.