May 10, 2012

Space Race 2012

The  Space Needle marks the 50th year anniversary with the "Space Race 2012".  Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon in 1969, presented the prize during the Space Needle ceremony.  The suborbital trip into space, aboard a craft that's yet to go into operation, was the first prize in a "Space Race 2012" contest.  The  Space Needle was built during the 1962  for the  Puget Sound World's Fair 50,000 people entered the contest.  Who will be the next civilian to make the journey to space?