[September 22, 1962] Cat and Mouse Game (October 1962 Fantastic)
[if you’re new to the Journey, read this to see what we’re all about!]
by Victoria Silverwolf
One of the most notable events this month, at least to those of us who look to the stars, was a speech by President Kennedy at Rice University.
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.
Fittingly, the second team of NASA astronauts was announced this month, captured here in a lighter moment.
Clockwise from top right are Frank Borman, John Young, Tom Stafford, Pete Conrad, Jim McDivitt, Jim Lovell, Elliot See, Ed White and Neil Armstrong.
Will one of these men become the first human being (or at least the first American) on the moon? We'll have to wait some years to find out.
Meanwhile, back here on Earth, the airwaves are dominated by the smash hit, Sherry, by the Four Seasons. Personally, lead singer Frankie Valli's falsetto makes me want to leave the planet myself.
A more practical form of escape can be found in the pages of the October 1962 issue of Fantastic.
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)
by Victoria Silverwolf
One of the most notable events this month, at least to those of us who look to the stars, was a speech by President Kennedy at Rice University.
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.
Fittingly, the second team of NASA astronauts was announced this month, captured here in a lighter moment.
Clockwise from top right are Frank Borman, John Young, Tom Stafford, Pete Conrad, Jim McDivitt, Jim Lovell, Elliot See, Ed White and Neil Armstrong.
Will one of these men become the first human being (or at least the first American) on the moon? We'll have to wait some years to find out.
Meanwhile, back here on Earth, the airwaves are dominated by the smash hit, Sherry, by the Four Seasons. Personally, lead singer Frankie Valli's falsetto makes me want to leave the planet myself.
A more practical form of escape can be found in the pages of the October 1962 issue of Fantastic.
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)