ORIGINAL: DocYates
I mean remember when we were kids (some of us) everything stopped so we could watch the moon shots, and now they hardly even show the shuttle launchs on TV.
Tommy
You modern kids.

In the early 40's everything stopped when an airplane flew over so we could consult our pocket aircraft ID guide and make sure it wasn't German or Japanese - and this was in rural upstate NY, not exactly a target of significance. Once in a while someone from the area in pilots training would buzz the town in a B-25 or something equally impressive.