The Lexicon Of Outer Space Terms Like Rocketry, Orbit, Missile, Satellite, Perigee, And Apogee Used To Fascinate Me, But It Wasn't Until I Became An Eyewitness To A Launching At Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, That The Full Sweep Of The Assault On The Bastions Of Outer Space Really Dawned Upon Me. The Sight Of A Group Of Little Men Tinkering With The Complex Innards Of A Monster They Intended To Propel Through The Stratosphere To A Specific Point Thousands Of Miles Away Affected Me Emotionally. What Unmitigated Arrogance! I Said To Myself First. Then, What Courage! What A Spirit Of Adventure! What Guts!