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50 Years in Space, Sputnik 50th Anniversary
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post Sep 20 2007, 05:58 PM
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post Oct 4 2007, 09:15 AM
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Great words USTRAX, you put how I feel in much better words than i could ever manage.

I'm in awe about the achievements of the last 50 years from a small nitrogen filled sphere to the sophisticated probes scattered throughout the solar system and a permanent manned presence in orbit.

Apollo was way ahead of it's time, IMO. I guess, as I wasn't around back then it didn't give me an impression of what to expect and the disappointment when it turned out to be false.

If we can make as much progress over the next 50 years as the last, I'll be a happy 80 year old. smile.gif

Onwards...


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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
- - Canopus   And we take (communications/media especially) sate...   Sep 29 2007, 08:26 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Canopus @ Sep 29 2007, 03:26 PM) A...   Sep 30 2007, 04:56 AM
- - 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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