11/28/2023 0 Comments Kosmos mstsIt was a few days before Christmas in 1964, and my dad announced that Santa's Rocket Sleigh was coming to the new Greenwood shopping center on Indianapolis' south side. I know because I took a ride in Santa's Rocket Sleigh. Space helmets, futuristic toy rifles and pistols, astronaut costumes, space-related games and model kits, all were popular, especially at Christmas time. Anything to do with space, rockets, and astronauts was hot stuff, especially for young boys like myself. I was a kid during America's "Space Age", which I would define as the period between the launch of Sputnik and the end of the Gemini space capsule launches.
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