The Last Day of the Decade
The decade Kennedy said we would go to the Moon ends today. We went. I want to write about that on the last day of the decade that did it.
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Tag: space program
Independence Day, Space Age
July Fourth, 1968. The year is half over. We've survived Tet, we've survived King, we've survived Kennedy. And the space program is still going.
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The Summer of Love and the Space Program
San Francisco is full of young people in flowers, and I've been thinking about what they think of the space program — if they think of it at all.
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Christmas with the Space Program
Christmas came and went and I found myself explaining the lunar module to Betty's brother, who had never heard of it and wanted to know if it was like a flying saucer.
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Khrushchev Falls — What It Means for the Race
Nikita Khrushchev was removed from power yesterday. His successors are Brezhnev and Kosygin. What does this mean for the Soviet space program?
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