I was in the 3rd grade at East 10 school and the teacher told us all about Spunik and how it had been shot into space on a rocket and that the Russians were the first people who had figured out how to get a space ship to stay up in space.Dick, my brother, and I would lay out on the roof of our east porch and try to see it fly over.
Dick saved up his cereal box tops to order a telescope and a star chart. He found all the constelations and planets and we learned how to find the north star and big and little dipper. It got both of us interested in astronomy and space.
What an exciting time to be a child!! We have seen so many things change through the last 50+ years.
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