...was a turning point, for humanity as well as for me. Growing up with pictures like these...

...suddenly another sphere captured my imagination...
 
 
 

I was wondering how that girl might feel, how it might feel to be in her place. How it might feel to be her. I was so excited, I even missed the moon landing.

Some people call that adolescent acceleration. It hit me like a Saturn V rocket.

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