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12 Apr 2011, 8:25 am

Yuri Gagarin first man in space
50 years ago today did orbit the Earth and was the first spaceman!

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12 Apr 2011, 8:27 am

iceb wrote:

Yuri Gagarin first man in space
50 years ago today did orbit the Earth and was the first spaceman!

And 50 years later we have a ring of trash orbiting our planet....

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12 Apr 2011, 10:04 am

JeremyNJ1984 wrote:

iceb wrote:

Yuri Gagarin first man in space
50 years ago today did orbit the Earth and was the first spaceman!

And 50 years later we have a ring of trash orbiting our planet....

And the Russians are the only one's left capable of putting a man in orbit --- still.

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12 Apr 2011, 1:32 pm

ruveyn wrote:

JeremyNJ1984 wrote:

iceb wrote:

Yuri Gagarin first man in space
50 years ago today did orbit the Earth and was the first spaceman!

And 50 years later we have a ring of trash orbiting our planet....

And the Russians are the only one's left capable of putting a man in orbit --- still.

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You forgot about the Chinese, who can now also put man in orbit.

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12 Apr 2011, 1:53 pm

I'm celebrating Yuri's Night this evening by drinking a couple of (non-alcoholic) beers and spending a few hours outside with the telescope stargazing

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12 Apr 2011, 9:59 pm

Except that to do so, the Russians apparently need more fuel, whereas the French base in Guyane needs a lot less due to Earth's geometry. :> Go figure.

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12 Apr 2011, 10:00 pm

The US won't be out of the game long. There are many great looking private companies (SpaceX, Bigelow Aerospace, etc), in addition to plans for new NASA rockets

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12 Apr 2011, 10:01 pm

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I'm celebrating Yuri's Night this evening by drinking a couple of (non-alcoholic) beers and spending a few hours outside with the telescope stargazing

Wait, where are you stargazing from? Because if you're from Montreal (like i think you should be... Based on prior information) or somewhere around, you should know the sky's not exactly great around urban areas. Too much light. =/

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12 Apr 2011, 10:05 pm

phil777 wrote:

Vigilans wrote:

I'm celebrating Yuri's Night this evening by drinking a couple of (non-alcoholic) beers and spending a few hours outside with the telescope stargazing

I know

I hate it. But I don't live that close to downtown, I'm a West Islander. The view still isn't that great, but its decent enough for me! :lol:

Worst comes to worse, I can take out my hunting bow and shoot out a few streetlights :lol:

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12 Apr 2011, 10:19 pm

Never mind stargazing.... Its cloudy as hell now! :cry: I guess I'll put 2001: A Space Odyssey on or something :lol:

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12 Apr 2011, 11:25 pm

Ahh, i saw that movie! I think i even saw bits of 2010 (if i'm not mistaken about the date...).

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12 Apr 2011, 11:32 pm

phil777 wrote:

Ahh, i saw that movie!

I think i even saw bits of 2010 (if i'm not mistaken about the date...).

Yep that is correct, 2010. In the series of novels it also goes to 2061 (I think) and then 3001

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