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Aug 15

This Space Age Bathroom Had Everything (Except Toilets)

The Sunday comic strip "Closer Than We Think" was launched in 1958 at the dawn of the Space Race. But the strip’s mission wasn’t just to show Americans what would soon be happening on the moon and beyond. No, the space age would touch every part of American life — from the fuel that would power your driverless car to the dictating machine that would be built into your futuristic office desk. Even your bathroom would benefit from the advances being made by American scientists who were boldly pushing rockets (and by extension American consumer goods) into the future.