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To: BenLurkin

“Why don’t you fix your little problem., and light this rocket !!”

Allegedly Shepard’s instructions after the endless dithering.


2 posted on 12/17/2021 10:05:01 PM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: doorgunner69
I think he called it a candle:

"...and light this candle" was what he said, or was that some other Mercury rocket he was waiting to go up in?
8 posted on 12/18/2021 4:39:57 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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