Readers of the Atlantic Monthly in 1869 were presented with descriptions of a 200-foot (60 mt) diameter brick sphere ... and launched it on the last Saturn V in May of 1973.

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Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled ...

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