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Originally Posted by Simon
Yep, guilty as charged. Hell, I was in kindergarten when brave (crazy) men were still going into space as the payload of a missile.
On May 5, 1961, NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute sub-
orbital flight, becoming the first American in space. The flight carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles. |
Sorry, I don't remember that. I wasn't born until September of 1961!
