re end of the space age oddly enough the smithsonian calls the lindbergh years the golden age of flight i would call it the granite years reflecting the primitive nature of it it was romantic swashbuckling daredevils those daring young men in their flying machines but in reality it sucked death was a highly likely occurence and the environment blew ever see the early navy pressure suits they were modified diving suits you were ready to star in plan from outer space radios and nav aids were a joke and engines ran on castor oil they picked and called aviators men with iron stomachs and it wasn t due to vertigo oddly enough now we are in the golden age of flight i can hop the shuttle to ny for bucks now that s golden mercury gemini and apollo were romantic but let s be honest peeing in bags having plastic bags glued to your butt everytime you needed a bowel movement living for days inside a vw bug romantic but not commercial the dc x points out a most likely new golden age an age where fat cigar smoking business men in loud polyester space suits will fill the skys with strip malls and used space ship lots hhhmmmmm maybe i ll retract that golden age bit maybe it was better in the old days of course then we ll have wally schirra telling his great grand children in my day we walked on the moon every day miles no buses you kids got it soft pat
