Tech Time Machine: 12 April
Mankind wasn't designed to fly from Sydney to Melbourne in an hour, and nor were we meant to venture into the vacuum of space.
Derek Fung
Derek loves nothing more than punching a remote location into a GPS, queuing up some music and heading out on a long drive, so it's a good thing he's in charge of CNET Australia's Car Tech channel.
Mankind wasn't designed to fly from Sydney to Melbourne in an hour, and nor were we meant to venture into the vacuum of space.
Thankfully, as a species we love a challenge, and this day in history made both intercontinental and space travel possible. We check out Yuri Gagarin's feat and Frank Whittle's jet engine in today's episode of Tech Time Machine.