I agree with Jay on supporting NASA. Several years ago I met and became friends with a married couple who both worked under Werner von Braun on missiles and rocket programs. Bernard S. had been interested in rockets during his childhood but, then he was taken away from his interests somewhat when he was drafted into the Germany Army. Bernard became an Artillery officer and served the full length of his war, on the Eastern Front. Bernard's wife was from England (Souzana) met him when he was in England in 1948? I thiink? and he was in touch with the authorities and they both married and immigrated to the USA in 1950.
Anyway, to make a long story short, if you live in Virginia or Western Virginia, you may have heard of them in the news or heard of the many seminars they do yearly about the space program.
The things I have been told which I could not quote accurately due to my poor memory, would really amaze you since most of what I have been told by them are not printed in books and were their personal experiances dealing with those programs during NASA's early days.
