[MRCA] Space X launch

[Gene Smar]

I remember my parents talking about the “Russian spaceship” that was “circling the earth” in 1957.  I also recall seeing what I now believe was Echo 1, the Mylar balloon that was orbited to serve as a passive reflector before any active relay bird had been orbited.

 

As far as the manned (excuse me, “crewed”) missions were concerned, I graduated from the 8th grade in early June 1965 and remember going home in the afternoon to listen to Ed White take a hike outside GT-4.  (NASA no longer let crews name their Gemini spacecraft after Gus Grissom named his GT-3 capsule “Molly Brown.”)

 

 

73 de

Gene Smar  AD3F

 

From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mkdorney via MRCA
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 8:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [MRCA] Space X launch

 

I vaguely remember Gordo Cooper going up on the last Mercury flight. I think I was 4. 

 

Mark D. 

WW2RDO

“In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “   -   Thomas Jefferson 

 

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On May 27, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com <mailto:mark.k3msb at gmail.com> > wrote:



Sure did!  I also remember Gemini and Apollo, but not Mercury

 

73 Mark K3MSB

 

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:09 PM Mkdorney via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net <mailto:mrca at mailman.qth.net> > wrote:

Hope everybody is watching the Space X launch from the Kennedy Space Flight Center right now. Reminds me of the Gemini launches when I was a kid. 

Mark D. 
WW2RDO



“In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 

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