[amsat-bb] Re: Alan Shepard, First American in Space

[Sebastian]

I think it's a shame we don't have an Astronauts Day to observe in the US.  So many gave so much to this effort.

I suggested this to the governor of my state years ago, and I never received a reply.  So strange considering Florida is where all of the US manned flights have originated from.

73 de Sebastian, W4AS



On May 4, 2011, at 12:16 PM, John Papay wrote:

> Tomorrow, May 5th, we as Americans will celebrate the
> Anniversary of Alan Shepard's flight into space 50 years
> ago.