"Blue Sky Metropolis" is the untold story of how aerospace was central to the growth of California and its emergence as an economic power. The documentary miniseries focuses on the people behind the aerospace movement and will feature many of the current major players in the aerospace industry in California, which is the hub of modern day aerospace engineering.
I discuss what it meant to be part of an aerospace family during the Apollo era – as well as the bizarre origins of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: a heady mix of real scientists, rocket enthusiasts, Satanic cultists, Communists, bon vivants, Nazis, and an accused Chinese spy.
You will find most of my commentary in Episode One.