Back in the days when computers used punch cards and paper tape, and the world was black and white.
When you read the blurb you can almost hear the stirring patriotic band-music in the background.
I don’t know about that. All I can think of is, “Duck and Cover”! 
djm
I have a little experience with those things. I’m way out there in the marsh looking for black rails at the place where the space program was suppose to be I guess, Wallops Island, has a nice ring to it I think. Wallop!
That must be the spot! 
djm
Anyone notice the 4x5 film camera with flash bulb strobe?
That’s a great picture! And happy 50th birthday NASA
Yes but if you pay sharp attention to the actual “rocket” and not the payload section those martial strains you’ll be hearing won’t even be close to Stars And Stripes Forever.
Daa da da da daa da dadada!
I think its starts on G
We have come a long way.
Not sure if this was posted. The youtube vid is thrilling… well to me an aviation/aerospace junkie that is.
SpaceX has made history. Its privately developed rocket has made it into space.
After three failed launches, the company founded by Elon Musk worked all of the bugs out of their Falcon 1 launch vehicles.
The entire spectacle was broadcast live from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Cameras mounted on the spacecraft showed our planet shrinking in the distance and the empty first stage engine falling back to Earth.
As the rocket ascended, cheers rang out during every crucial step of the launch sequence, and at the final stage their headquarters in Hawthorne, California erupted in excitement. (Wired.com viewed the launch over the Internet on SpaceX’s live webcast.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To-XOPgaGsQ
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/space-x-did-it.html
I honestly figured the first rocket set off at the Cape looked more like this:
“Hans, zis Florida place is much nicer zan Peenemunde, vhich I had notthink to do vit, by za vay.”
And now, let’s turn to Tom Lehrer – Werner von Braun
Not some of Mr. Lehrer’s best, but hey, they can’t all be gems.
The Chinese seem to be able to build rockets just fine. 
djm
Happy Birthday NASA!
