It was such a wild, weird concept, says former NASA employee Stokes McMillan. Author: Brandi Smith Updated: 8:29 AM CDT April 12, 2021
HOUSTON How many of us grew up staring into the night sky, wondering about space, about the stars, about the unknown?
Well, Stokes McMillan did too. As a kid, I grew up wanting to be in the space business, he says, recalling watching the sky for the Echo Project satellite with his father when he was a kid.
McMillan grew up in the era of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Rockets back then were basically big tubes that were symmetrical. That’s what a space vehicle looked like, he explains.
First shuttle mission launched 40 years ago
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