There was a time when kids dreamt of being astronauts - a time when going up to the Moon was sexy and being a spaceman was the coolest job on the planet.
The clock is ticking on a space artifacts auction, though this time it is not just any timing device driving the bids. The 'satellite clock' from Scott Carpenter's Mercury capsule is up for sale.
It hasn t exactly been reminiscent of JFK s challenge to get to the moon and back, a charge that resulted in the historic Apollo program that won the space race against the late and unlamented Soviet Union.