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50 Years in Space, Sputnik 50th Anniversary |
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  Sep 20 2007, 05:58 PM
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  Sputnik at 50 ! |
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And we take (communications/media especially) satellites so for granted today.
Whenever I think of Sputnik, I think of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A pioneer girl born in 1867 who lived to see Sputnik. She went from covered wagons and telegraphs to an artificial satellite. 
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QUOTE (Canopus @ Sep 29 2007, 03:26 PM)  And we take (communications/media especially) satellites so for granted today. True -- though I am ancient enough to remember the very first telecasts relayed by comsats. The first one, which I do recall, was bounced off of Echo. I remember several, including some of the coverage of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics (if I'm remembering correctly) which had the video subtitle "LIVE via Early Bird"... We take them for granted now, but I recall a day when live telecasts from remote portions of the world were a Space-Age Wonder. (Then again, I can recall that the very first "live" coverage of a manned spaceflight splashdown was on Gemini V, and consisted not of video but of telephoto still images relayed in near real-time.) -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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PhilCo126 50 Years in Space Sep 20 2007, 05:58 PM
remcook Sputnik's shape is actually quite well chosen ... Sep 21 2007, 09:23 AM PhilCo126 And an event in Scotland Sep 21 2007, 05:50 PM PhilCo126 And another major event in the U.K.:
The Lovell ra... Sep 29 2007, 05:59 PM PhilCo126 IMHO an excellent article:
http://www.nytimes.com/... Sep 29 2007, 06:40 PM belleraphon1 All..
October 4th is almost here. fifty years wa... Sep 30 2007, 01:31 AM nprev ...and may the 1000th find us on the planets of ne... Sep 30 2007, 03:29 AM Stu I have very mixed emotions about this anniversary,... Sep 30 2007, 07:14 AM
nprev QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 30 2007, 12:14 AM) Bit d... Sep 30 2007, 11:09 AM dvandorn That, Stuart, is a masterful expression of... well... Sep 30 2007, 08:12 AM nprev BTW, interesting to see that the lead story on CBS... Sep 30 2007, 01:03 PM Thu Here's a music clip about Sputnik that I made ... Oct 1 2007, 01:07 AM nprev QUOTE (Thu @ Sep 30 2007, 06:07 PM) Here... Oct 1 2007, 03:14 AM dvandorn QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 30 2007, 10:14 PM) Alt... Oct 1 2007, 04:31 AM belleraphon1 Stu and nprev...
I also feel betrayed. All those... Oct 1 2007, 01:52 AM edstrick pointers ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Oct 1 2007, 09:33 AM Stu I've written a piece about this which I hope w... Oct 1 2007, 09:57 AM marsbug Very sad words stu, although well crafted as ever... Oct 1 2007, 12:09 PM nprev Excellent, Stu. Thanks for giving such a strong vo... Oct 2 2007, 12:24 AM Stu RETREAT
Half a century since Sputnik bleeped,
lea... Oct 4 2007, 06:16 AM ustrax QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 4 2007, 07:16 AM) Half a... Oct 4 2007, 08:20 AM SkyeLab Nice little article on the BBC website on this whi... Oct 4 2007, 08:05 AM Stu Sorry ustrax, don't mean to sound exclusively ... Oct 4 2007, 08:55 AM ngunn QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 4 2007, 09:55 AM) And, t... Oct 4 2007, 09:17 AM djellison QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 4 2007, 09:55 AM) Maggie... Oct 4 2007, 11:04 AM jamescanvin Great words USTRAX, you put how I feel in much bet... Oct 4 2007, 09:15 AM ngunn Well at least your train turned up! And I sup... Oct 4 2007, 11:29 AM Stu As cute as Maggie Philbin was - and still is, havi... Oct 4 2007, 12:08 PM djellison UMSF logo......changed...and it's staying like... Oct 4 2007, 01:25 PM Thu Another WOW to the new logo & theme! Happy... Oct 4 2007, 01:44 PM David As year LI of the Space Age dawns, I'm wonderi... Oct 4 2007, 03:56 PM tedstryk QUOTE (David @ Oct 4 2007, 03:56 PM) As y... Oct 4 2007, 09:20 PM nprev I liked your poem very much, Stu. I'm an optim... Oct 5 2007, 12:16 AM dvandorn QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 4 2007, 07:16 PM) ...i... Oct 5 2007, 08:21 AM mchan QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 4 2007, 05:16 PM) EDIT... Oct 6 2007, 08:24 AM nprev QUOTE (mchan @ Oct 6 2007, 01:24 AM) CBS ... Oct 6 2007, 12:17 PM mchan QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 6 2007, 05:17 AM) If y... Oct 6 2007, 11:59 PM ngunn BBc Radio 4's 'World Tonight' programm... Oct 5 2007, 08:42 AM Paolo Amoroso Sputnik has landed in Rome at the Coliseum.
Paol... Oct 5 2007, 01:31 PM PhilCo126 50 years in space and just now they came up with t... Oct 6 2007, 09:55 AM mchan QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 6 2007, 02:55 AM) ... Oct 6 2007, 11:56 PM dvandorn There *are* no Walter Cronkites or even (shudder) ... Oct 7 2007, 02:58 PM nprev Or at least our own weekly show on Discovery: The ... Oct 7 2007, 07:55 PM |
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