Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Warren, NH - Town Motto: "Close Enough!"

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Alan B. Shepard, the first American launched into space, was born in New Hampshire. But not in Warren.

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This is a Mercury-Redstone 1 single-stage ballistic missile. It is not quite the rocket that Alan Shepard was launched on, which was a Mercury-Redstone 3 two-stage rocket. But it's close enough.