Actually, I suppose today is more the day to celebrate NASA’s conception rather than its birth. But still, it is an important thing that occurred 50 years ago today. On this day in 1958, president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the creation of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration into law. It is hard to imagine that a mere half a century ago so much that we now take for granted was just a dream…
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