The traditional rocket-launch countdown from 10 to one stemmed from a 1929 German movie, `The Girl In The Moon’, in which director Fritz Lang reversed the count - in a deliberate attempt to build up suspense.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Trivia Pur$uit
The traditional rocket-launch countdown from 10 to one stemmed from a 1929 German movie, `The Girl In The Moon’, in which director Fritz Lang reversed the count - in a deliberate attempt to build up suspense.
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