Seattle likes to think of itself as the city of the future, but it's actually a suburb to the south that helped launch people into outer space. In this episode, Knute Berger shares a story about the most expensive cars ever built, and how they went from Kent, Washington all the way to the moon.

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By Ashli Blow
Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal
Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal