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You say NASA, I say NACA...

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Subject: You say NASA, I say NACA...
From: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:37:02 -0500
I think the NACA air intake shape is named for the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, predecessor of NASA, and it’s characterized
by its "innie" bottle shape, designed for low drag.

My understanding is that NACA historians don’t like it mis-identified as
NASA. Boy, just can’t escape politics, can we?

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