Very cool site!

I remember as a kid when I discovered that the local library had cassette tapes, and big table-top players and headphones you could listen to them on. I wasn't much into music at the time, but I did discover the Apollo 11 mission, and I have a distinct memory of sitting there for who knows how long listening to those radio transmissions back and forth. Simple fascination. I went back several times. We didn't have a cassette player at home.

Sadly, the story does not end with my growing up to be an astronaut, though I have spent an inordinate amount of time sitting on my ass with my head stuck in front of electronic equipment of various sorts. Blame Neil Armstrong.

First human being on the moon...evah. That totally beats that online auction thing if you know what I mean.

My second favorite tape was one of steel drum music, BTW. Yellowbird. Go figure.