Never forget Alan Shepherd. The presentation we saw didn't look like that video, although it was in B&W like the pictures.

We followed all NASA events very closely. I went to school with some of the children of engineers and my cousin was a computer tech who worked at NASA during the moon shot.

Now I know people who say it never happened. So I just say, 'Oh, I didn't know that.' Can't disprove a conspiracy to those who didn't live there.

Mrs. Blankenship's class at Valley Oaks Elementary School in Houston, Texas watching it on TV,

I remember watching sputnik through binoculars with my uncle.

We watched all the Mercury launches. I guess we are dating ourselves.

it was third grade. And yeah, we watched them all. Good times.

Subject of my first term paper in 1st grade. About six pages shamelessly plagiarized from We Seven. After I learned more about him as an adult, liked him even more.

-- Mal

Back to first grade for you!