Rocket Dreams, circa 1947

It’s hard to imagine rocketing straight up to 202,000 feet altitude… but then again, it’s hard (for me) to imagine a U. S. Army Air Force, though I know perfectly well there was one (paging Mr. von Braun….)

A very uplifting ~~HAHAHA I MAKE JOKE~~ recruiting advertisement from 1947. For more awesome retro-space advertisements, I highly recommend Megan Prellinger’s book, Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962.

Image via The Retronaut. Hat tip to @terrazoom for the link!

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