In the 1950s, Forward-thinking aerospace engineers not only were thinking about space flight but also working on the first practical and serious plan for what would become the Space Age. To help sell their vision, they sought out artists to turn ideas into visual form that the American public could see and understand

Ken Betsalel discusses the pragmatic vision of social reformers, documentary photographers, and thinkers whose ideas and ways of seeing have come to shape the way we think about society and the role of government in addressing social problems.