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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the behind-the-scenes development that led to NASA’s formal establishment, a spotlight on Walter Matthau among today’s birthdays, and an ergonomic typing fact that reveals design implications.
- 📜 On this day in 1958: discussion of how NASA precursor agencies’ continued testing and development represented iterative engineering, policy commitment, and the earned institutional transformation that made NASA inevitable.
- 🎂 Birthday spotlight: Benjamin and Cassandra focus on Walter Matthau — his arc from character actor to comic lead, his Oscar recognition, and the chemistry and craft that defined collaborations like Matthau–Lemmon.
- 💡 Fact of the day: the average person’s left hand performs 56% of typing — a detail that highlights keyboard layout imbalances, ergonomic and productivity implications, and opportunities for design and accessibility improvements.
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