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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 01 > NASA marks a melancholy 50th

NASA marks a melancholy 50th

By Evan S. Benn / The Bulletin
October 1, 2008

MIAMI — Nearly half a century ago, Sam Beddingfield walked into the NASA office and asked for a job, confessing he didn’t know a thing about rockets.

“It’s OK,” they told him. “No one does.”

Today marks the 50th anniversary of....

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