The Mercury capsule not only looked like it was built in a barn, it looked like it was built out of a barn. Corrugated sheet metal, riveted together.
Spaceship One, forty years later, was virtually built in a barn, but looks more organic than manufactured, seamless and elegant.
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At the Smithsonian Aerospacer museum, where you can see both a Mercury capsule, adn the Spirit of St Louis, Lindberg's mission seems "sane" by comparison..