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Rocket Kids: Burning Out Their Fuses Up There Alone

Rocket Kid: Model

1969 sears cat GI Joe.jpg

Sill image from the 496th page of the The 1969 Sears Christmas Book located on the upper right hand side. The Sears Christmas Book is an advertisement booklet of the items being offered by Sears during the holidays. This image is made available through a Creative Commons license by Wishbook.

In order to be a successful Rocket Kid, you are going to have be familiar with the gear you will be wearing as you explore space. In front of you, is a replica of your space suit and orbital capsule on a smaller scale embodied in GI Joe. It is precise, down to the smallest details on the suit and capsule. Be sure to study this model because your instructors will refer to it quite frequently for demonstrations in your training sessions.