Welcome to the space capital of the world! The effective speed limit is 17,400 m.p.h., but on the beach a few miles away holidaymakers slow down to a leisurely crawl. M. Sasek orbits around missileland, capturing in sky-bright brilliance and fascinating captions the amazing panorama of this science-fiction-turned-fact spot on the Florida coast... the vital statistics on all the different rockets, the 27-pound first astronout, Mr. Ham, and the somewhat heavier second one named Alan Shepard... what happens on a Project Mercury big launch day, the electronic brains and the human ones that put our man up and bring him down again... the whole picture falls into focus with refreshing clarity!
There's lots of down-to-earh fun, too - the "birdwatchers" at Cocoa Beach, junior spacemen dovouring chocolate spacecrafts, bizarre motels which feature earthly space to let at the Gateway to the Moon. This is Cape Canaveral!
