Yuri Gagarin 50th anniversary first man in space
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 3440 Registered: May-05 |  Today is the 50th anniversary of "Yuri Gagarin" Russia first man shot into space on April 12th 1957 to read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin Thou I was born nearly a full ten years later I kinder missed the dawn of the "space race" but that doesn't mean the later missions of Apollo Skylab space shuttle Mir and the ISS as affected me over the course of time. http://www.google.com/search?q=yuri+gagarin  |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 5539 Registered: Jun-06 | Do you realize how much space junk is floating around still up there? What doesn't fall back to earth makes it increasingly dangerous to our sats and future shuttles. When I see a shooting star I wonder if it's just another wrench. |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 3444 Registered: May-05 | Nothing compared with cars flooding the streets now that is Junk that needs scrapping space junk is not even near! |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 3445 Registered: May-05 | Who knows it bounce and hit you on the head or go straight though your roof at 20.000MPH! |