HAWLEY When billionaire Jeff Bezos and three others made space flight history Tuesday, a little bit of the Big Country helped get them there.
The semi tractor that carried the Blue Origin rocket New Shepard to its launch pad near Van Horn had the previous week been under the care of Showtime Signs & Designs, just southwest of here, where it was getting gussied up for the big day.
Hawley is 14 miles north of Abilene.
Working as fast as possible, shop owner Bradley Poor applied a candy blue wrap to the previously maroon Peterbilt truck, as well as decals with the Blue Origin logo.