Last October I was walking around Dallas Fan Days and I saw this man walking the floor in a NASA Lunar Space Suit. Well, let me be truthful, I saw the lady with him in the sexy dress FIRST; then I saw the man in the suit.
It was a pretty good suit. He had the helmet on and the sun visor down. In fact, I was impressed enough to take a photo. My photos are usually reserved for the scantily dressed women at these shows, so that should say something. These conventions always have a lot of cosplay but usually it’s of TV and comic book characters and not of our National Heroes.
After I took the shot the man took his glove off and signaled me to wait. It was obvious that taking the helmet off was impractical. I watched as he fished something out of his pocket. He handed me a postcard. My first thought was that he was hawking for a booth or some product. I was prepared to give the card a cursory view and trash the propaganda later. I turned the card over and I stopped. I read those simple words: We Choose to Go to the Moon…
