Rocket Kid: Boot Camp

Still image from the Life Magazine article "Playground Equipment Takes Spaceage Spin." Original photo credit for the picture of the magazine is Bill Ray. This image can be viewed in the Life Magazine's March 15, 1963 issue on page 97. Rights holder for this image is Kevin Knight and Olle Larson and is made avaliable through a creative commons license.

If you want to be a Rocket Kid then you're going to have to be tough and prepared for everything space has to throw at you. One part of boot camp you will have to pass is being able to orbit. On the satellite monkey bars, you will be able to train for orbit around Earth. Just grab on to the bars around the planet and follow the path around it. Glenn made it three times around the Earth and if you can do it, you will be one step closer to becoming a certified Rocket Kid.