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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 05:18 AM Original message |
The world remembers Yuri Gagarin - the first human space flight |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. The real fear was of cooked ham in a can during reentry. A VERY brave man. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That actually happened to Yuri's dear friend and fellow cosmonaut. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. NPR's Krulwich reported on the tragedy... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. He sure was brave |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. We need to be brave to take that great big leap forward - politically, or America and much of the |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Re-entry was pretty dicey - the re-entry capsule remained tethered to the equipment module |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Similar problem for Glenn in Friendship 7. Heatshield separated prematurely, and they had to rely o |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. I remember that famous flight |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I remember my father celebrating the event and his mother |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. It is likely that Yuri wasn't the first man in space, he was just the first to make it there and bac |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. "couple K more ram than the servers at Freep" |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. X-15 pilots made it to the edge of space... |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's Yuri's Night! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Cool |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. my contribution: |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Wow! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Great thread |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Soviet Space Propaganda: Doctored Cosmonaut Photos |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. I remember that day: We were sitting at the dinner table |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. k&r |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Gagarin photos from Christian Science Monitor... |
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