The legislation authorizing the creation of NASA was signed on July 29, 1958 but the funding to actually create it wasn’t available until the beginning of the next government fiscal year, which always starts at the beginning of October. So today, October 1, is the actual start date for NASA.
About R.P. Nettelhorst
I'm married with three daughters. I live in southern California and I'm the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church. I have written several books.
I spent a couple of summers while I was in college working on a kibbutz in Israel.
In 2004, I was a volunteer with the Ansari X-Prize at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne.
Member of
Society of Biblical Literature,
American Academy of Religion, and
The Authors Guild