Yes, and "back then", we didn't have all the air pollution obscurring
the sky and things were much easier to see.

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Hey you Floridians:
What's the closest GA airport to the Cape that has:
- No parking/landing fees
- Ample ramp space
- Decent priced gas (Mogas would be perfect!)
- Decent hotels nearby

Montblack wrote:
Those two kids of yours might have a tough time understanding just how
all-consuming anything NASA was to a generation of people back in the
1960's, kids and parents alike.
When told to go outside to see (whatever it was we were seeing that
night) orbit overhead, we did it - even though it was usually well past
bedtime. I remember neighbors on both sides of us standing in their
backyards looking up saying, "There it is."