Happy Birthday, Sputnik!
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Rocket75377
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Steven bradford
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I wasn't aware Laika survived only a few hours after reaching orbit....robotland wrote:http://www.novareinna.com/bridge/laika.html
B.
"Nothing is withheld from us which we have conceived to do.
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/ham.html
(While you're there, take a look around...Roadside America is a goldmine of American Weirdness, which might provide inspiration if, say, we had some kind of America-themed thing coming up...)
(While you're there, take a look around...Roadside America is a goldmine of American Weirdness, which might provide inspiration if, say, we had some kind of America-themed thing coming up...)
Howdy From Kalamazoo
Alas, she was the first in a line of unsung Soviet space martyrs. But she got more international press than the heroic Russian humans that died.BAS wrote:I wasn't aware Laika survived only a few hours after reaching orbit....robotland wrote:http://www.novareinna.com/bridge/laika.html
B.
There was just a piece about Laika on NPR'sStudio 360... Warning- Though very good, it is also sad.
Howdy From Kalamazoo
Yeah, the Soviets did lose quite a few people. 
I might read the NPR article later-- I should be apartment hunting, and later going for a test and (hopefully) interview for the job I lost earlier in the year.
B.
I might read the NPR article later-- I should be apartment hunting, and later going for a test and (hopefully) interview for the job I lost earlier in the year.
B.
"Nothing is withheld from us which we have conceived to do.
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
