--- On Wed, 5/4/11, Clint Bradford <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Clint Bradford <[email protected]> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Alan Who? > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Received: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 6:00 PM > There is a tremendous amount to learn > right now if you are one who organizes or promotes events. > > Compare what occurred on this planet on April 12, when > thousands of parties were held covering every continent, > school lesson plans established, and incredible, informative > Web sites established - including a celebratory movie - for > the celebration of Yuri Gagarin's achievements ... versus > what is happening for the anniversary of Alan Shepard's > flight. <snip> I was only 5 years old at the time and I don't remember either Shepard's or Grissom's Mercury flights. I do recall, though, that John Glenn's mission received a lot of publicity, even here in Canada. That might explain why mention of Freedom 7 often results in "huh?" from people. By the way, the flight of Freedom 7 is portrayed in both the movie "The Right Stuff" and in the first episode of the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon". The air-ground traffic in the latter was taken from actual mission transcripts. I also have a DVD copy of the NASA film "Freedom 7". It runs for about half an hour, nearly twice as long as the flight itself. I think I'll watch it tomorrow. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
