Forum:First Aperture tests took place in the 60's, not 50's

It took me a while to puzzle this one out; I kept thinking the tests were taking place in the 1950's because of the years that were apparently painted on parts of the testing apparatus. But I was never completely convinced, it felt like something just didn't fit.

Then I realized it: Cave welcomes "Astronauts, war heroes, Olympians" to the Aperture testing center for the first testing sphere. The kicker is, Astronauts didn't exist until 1962, when Alan Shepard made his flight in the Mercury capsule. In fact there weren't any humans in existence which traveled in space before 1961.

So unless they were playing fast and lose with the Aperture/Half-Life universe having a different timeline, all of the testing must have taken place in the 1960's. This actually works better with the other testing spheres chronology-wise, with each one covering a decade of testing one after the other. --DuctJackson 02:29, May 6, 2011 (UTC)