Popular Mechanics - USA (2019-07-Special)

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ONorman Rockwell painted “Man on the Moon” in 1966; it appeared in N THE COVER Look magazine in January 1967, roughly

a year and a half before Neil Armstrong made his historic first step. Rockwell worked with NASA experts and enlisted the help of space artist Pierre Mion to assure the illustration’s accuracy, but still some technical

errors slipped through. For example, the size of Earth is too large in comparison with the Big Dipper, and the orbiting Command Service Module is illuminated from a different direction than Earth is lit. Printed by

permission of the Norman Rockwell Family Agency. Copyright ©1967 the Norman Rockwell Family Entities

POPULAR WISDOM

06 New space programs,

headphone tests,

smooth-cut how-to’s

HOW YOUR

WORLD WORKS

13 Creating—and tasting—

modern combat rations

16 Binoculars: 172 pieces that

bring the world closer

COLUMNS

18 Lobstermen go racing

22 My patent story

24 Give American blended

whiskey a shot

27 The case for less tech

DRIVING

28 Getting started in:

motorcycles

34 Crashing a Ferrari party

36 Road Tested: BMW X7,

Volkswagen Jetta GLI,

Ford Edge ST

40 Chevy’s crazy roadster

pickup

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE

43 An outdoor butcher table

for the whole community

46 Ask Roy by Roy Berendsohn

48 Shop Notes

53 To o l Te s t : C i r c u l a r s aw s

THE LIFE

54 A Vermont hat maker

keeps it local

APOLLO 11 ANNIVERSARY

60 The next generation of

space suits, lunar colonies,

plus an exclusive interview

with an Apollo 11 astronaut

GIVE YOUR YARD BACK

TO NATURE

72 Work with nature, rather

than trying to control it, to

create a deep connection

with your local ecosystem

By Jessie Kissinger

EVACUATION AIR

80 The government’s

evacuation system for

Ebola and other highly

contagious patients

By Jacqueline Detwiler

GREAT UNKNOWNS
96 Is someone bugging or
tracking you?
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