Space Patrol Rocket Giveaway - In the early 1950s, the children's sci-fi program SPACE PATROL/ABC/1951-52 starring Ed Kemmer as Commander Buzz Corey (sponsored by Ralston-Purina) toured the country with a thirty-five foot long 5-ton promotional replica of the Terra IV, a sleek, mock-up of the series spacecraft with white hull and red fins, instrument panels and blinking lights. It cost $30,000 and was designed to sleep eight youngsters. The ship (the TERRA IV) was used to promote the "Name the Planet-X" contest, home of the evil nemesis, Prince Baccarrati, alias the Black Falcon (Bela Kovacs). Richard "Ricky" Bryan Walker, a pug-nosed, ten-year-old, redheaded boy living in Washington, Illinois won the contest with the planet name of "Cesaria." He received the ship on January 14, 1954. Two days later amidst the circus-like atmosphere of a parade, the town proclaimed January 16, 1954 as "Ricky Walker Day." His parents sold the Terra a few years later to a traveling carnival for $1,000. It was later resold to Harry and Eleanor Nolin of Quincy, Illinois who turned it into a mobile NASA museum. See also - SPACECRAFT - "Terra"