May 1961 pamphlet outlining Cape Canaveral's history and then-current
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:16:57 -0800 (PST), B0b Mosley
wrote:
On Feb 18, 7:25*pm, rwalker wrote:
Found on alt.obituaries for some reason:
...I'm almost in tears laughing at this turn of phrase used for the
Vanguard photo:
"A Navy Vanguard leaves its launch pad in a hurry."
...To which my mind autofilled with:
"...In hopes of outrunning the usual explosion fast enough to put its
satellite into orbit!"
OM
Ha! I missed that. I'll have to go look at it again.
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