When he was 5 years old, he got a hook, which he controlled with a harness across his shoulders ... a carved wooden toe attached to a piece of leather that could be fitted onto a foot.

Never in the field of human space travel has so much guff been spoken about a teeny-weeny rocket ride by so few to so many.

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