Spaceman
Sir:
May I nominate as Man of the Year Commander Alan Shepard, the first man in space. As an anti-Communist Maltese, I do not believe that the Communists have yet sent a man into space.
Vic CARABOTT
Albion, Australia
Sir:
A significant thing about Astronaut Shepard's space flight is that it was made on the birthday of Karl Marx, the author of Communism.
OMER F. BROWN II
Trenton, N.J.
Sir:
Astronauts in alphabetical order! Shepard is sixth, not seventh as you state in your article of May 12—unless, of course, you include Gagarin in the...