"Amateur rocketeers who have been waiting for a chance to shoot their own rockets skyward may be just a step away from lighting the fuse." So goes the opening sentence in this October, 1957 article from Mechanix Illustrated. The article was written by G. Harry Stine, a well-known promoter of hobby rocketry who served fellow rocketeers for years with his tireless efforts to promote the well-being of the hobby.

"All over the country dads are helping sons build model rockets for the same reason they used to monopolize their youngsters' electric trains. The fact is, for any age, there's a lot of thrill and challend in fashioning a slim, gleaming, needle-nosed projectile and watching it streak skyward in a fiery blast of its engine." That's the opening paragraph in this July 1967 article from Popular Mechanics magazine, a home mechanical improvement magazine still in production today.