Posted by:
stillanon
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Date: May 20, 2020 12:35PM
When I was a kid, they lived about 2 miles away in Timber Cove, with a slew of others. Most of the "Mercury 7" lived there or 100 yards away in El Lago. I had a few friends that were astronaut kids. In El Lago, I remember swimming in their neighborhood pool that was shaped like a space capsule. They were just neighbors back then and I think they liked to solace of being treated like regular guys (although very respected regular guys). They mowed their own lawns, washed their cars. Just regular guys that sat on top of a shitload of rocket fuel and explored space and the moon. Good times.
https://www.coastmonthly.com/2019/06/the-most-nasa-neighborhoods/