50 years ago today, Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space, and the first person in history to do so while in control of his own spacecraft.
(Seemed like a more important anniversary to celebrate today than some minor victory by Mexico over the French.)
- Rick "I mean, who *hasn't* beaten the French?" Dickinson -- ROC-Chat mailing list roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat