Space-age whalers help grow fur coats, put a man on the moon

Published: April 28, 2020, 2 p.m.

Few people know a small whaling venture was launched in Astoria in 1961 — seeking whale oil for the space program and whale meat to feed to hungry minks. (Warrenton, Clatsop County; 1961) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1108a2-astoria-whaling-operation-was-helping-with-space-program.html)