Success!
Thank you for posting good American items on FR!
I was a space-age kid, born with Sputnik, and still love it (regret not getting into rocket science, hoping a nephew will).
Now, back to our regular programming of exposing leftist propaganda.
Beautiful view of the launch from my backyard here in Charleston. 5 minutes of amazing - even saw Falcon 9 startup of reentry rockets.
I was a space-age kid, born with Sputnik,
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I was a space age kid with Robert Goddard and Project Orion; back then, before politics became the guiding principle in space exploration.
One of my son’s developed an interest in space as a boy thanks to Buzz Lightyear. Later the movies October Sky and The Right Stuff furthered his interest.
At five he told my wife he wanted to build rockets at NASA.
He got his first job at NASA while he was still in college and currently works on a satellite mission.