图:Left->rightudwig Prandtl (German scientist), Tsien Hsue-sen (Chinese scientist),Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian-American scientist). Prandtl served forGermany; von Kármán and Tsien served for US Army; after 1956, Tsienserved for China (Tsien was deported by US government to China in1955). Notice that Tsien had US Army rank. Prandtl was doctoral advisorfor von Kármán; von Kármán was doctoral advisor for Tsien.
图:An aerial photo of Reservation Point on Terminal Island—the prison is in the top right half of the rectangular piece of land.
4. 钱学森在加州理工学院做学问时,一天到晚和火箭打交道。 那些都是要命的玩意儿。 因此加州理工学院的师生给钱学森这一伙人起了个外号: 敢死队员 (“Suicide Squad”)。
5. 美国《航空周刊》评选钱学森为2007年年度人物,高度评价了他的贡献。 不过这件事当时也惹毛了美国的一些愤青。
参考文献:
http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/CaltechNews/articles/v36/tsien.html
http://www.astronautix.com/astros/tsien.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsien_Hsue-shen
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-qian-xuesen1-2009nov01,0,2865408.story
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:70f07209-fbef-4207-933e-5ae90cfd46df
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/vol1/intro.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930092011_1993092011.pdf作者: sniffer 时间: 2009-11-3 11:21