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I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man
on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call
astronauts preparing for it down in Texas.
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Missions to outer space were not even considered until 1958 when the Russians put up Sputink.
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Sputnik was October '57, really the start of the "space race".
Not sure what you mean by "considered", space travel had been "considered" for centuries. The decision by Kennedy to go for a moon landing was made in 1961, after Alan Shepards suborbital rocket flight.
Astronauts were not selected in the US until 1959. They trained all over the place. The MSC (Manned Space Center, later JSC or Johnson Space Center) was not built until the 60s and I don't think much training went on in Texas until that was built, before that it was mostly in Florida, with training facilities all over the globe for various things.
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'There is no sense going on short trips anymore, with hotels now costing us
$2.00 per night!
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By 1962 a good price was $6, the year "Motel 6" formed.