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Old 10-04-07, 06:53 AM   #1
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Default Happy 50th Birthday

Happy 50th birthday Sputnik!!!

http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/index.html
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Old 10-04-07, 07:04 AM   #2
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I wonder how much the orbit has shifted.
It is still in orbit right?



Wow, 50 years since we started to send things away from earth.
I wonder where it will lead.
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Old 10-04-07, 10:00 AM   #3
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I wonder how much the orbit has shifted.
It is still in orbit right?
I believe that little thing fell back to earth a few months after it was launched.
Replaced by a larger version shortly thereafter.

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Wow, 50 years since we started to send things away from earth.
I wonder where it will lead.
Mars, or worse, unless the aliens get here first.
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Old 10-04-07, 11:58 AM   #4
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Old 10-04-07, 05:50 PM   #5
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Wow, 50 years since we started to send things away from earth.
I wonder where it will lead.[/quote]

More space trash.............Talk about litter........100 years from now they'll send up space trash vehicles to pick all up. At the cost of $$$$$$$$$$$$
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Old 10-04-07, 07:02 PM   #6
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Old enough to remember seeing it on television as it happened. It's still amazing.
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