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Go, Hot Dog, GO! On a day when we celebrate the common man's first opportunities to travel to space, we also must commemorate the likes of Shepard, Grissom, Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, Cooper and Slayton - the original Mercury Seven astronauts. So too should we remeber that there once existed in the high desert a rare breed of man who would fly the wings off of anything he could get his hands on: Crossfield, Yeager, Knight, Edwards and many more. To all the pioneers of high-speed, high-altitude and space flight, thanks for the dreams! |
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Gordon Cooper, God be with you. You are now flying the highest orbit... Not to hijack the thread but - You know, these guys flew these rockets into space and back on calculations from engineers who used these, not floating point calculators:  The faith in fellow man during this time was/is astounding! |
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Thats better. ...as he slips the surley bonds of the earth. |
