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Although the astronauts,
all test pilots, feel that space flight is no more than the next step
along a familiar path, most of us still think of it
as being unreal. But, in fact, it is reality catching up
with unreality. Cocoa Beach, Florida is home base
for those who fly rockets from adjoining Cape Canaveral. Ten years ago, only 246 people lived here, but now the glittering neon signs bear
testimony to the boom. Population has increased 1,312 percent. Everything here is space oriented
all test pilots, feel that space flight is no more than the next step
along a familiar path, most of us still think of it
as being unreal. But, in fact, it is reality catching up
with unreality. Cocoa Beach, Florida is home base
for those who fly rockets from adjoining Cape Canaveral. Ten years ago, only 246 people lived here, but now the glittering neon signs bear
testimony to the boom. Population has increased 1,312 percent. Everything here is space oriented
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Although the astronauts,
all test pilots, feel that space flight
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is no more than the next step
along a familiar path,
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most of us still think of it
as being unreal.
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But, in fact, it is reality catching up
with unreality.
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Cocoa Beach, Florida is home base
for those who fly rockets
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from adjoining Cape Canaveral.
00:00:21.312 --> 00:00:24.524
Ten years ago, only 246 people lived here,
00:00:24.649 --> 00:00:27.919
but now the glittering neon signs bear
testimony to the boom.
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Population has increased 1,312 percent.
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Everything here is space oriented.
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Movie Summary
Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
