Sunday, July 19, 2009
When Houston Led the Way
Apollo 11: Moon mission rocketed Houston to the future | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "“Houston Gets $60 Million Space Lab for Research on Moon Shot” blared the Houston Chronicle headline on Sept. 19, 1961. The coup was big, big news, commanding nearly all the front page, relegating the city's usual preoccupations — oil, football, hurricanes and communism — to the forlorn bottom corners."
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When people ask me where I'm from, I proudly respond, "HOUSTON! The first word spoken on the moon!"
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