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Warpy

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3. I had "advanced science"

Reply to coprolite (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 04:31 PM

Apr 2024

that was taught via TV. They'd cut to tests of the Vanguard rocket systems, so my first memory of space exploration is of those things falling over or blowing up at the launch pad. That's how far we've come.

Love the guy smoking rapidly as he stares at an old tape deck, perpas expecting it to get up and dance at any moment.

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In my lifetime, space exploration has gone from Sputnik to multiple launches each week. [View all] Ptah Apr 2024 OP

Plus remotely exploring planets and moons in our own system Warpy Apr 2024 #1

My first memory of US space travel was coprolite Apr 2024 #2

I had "advanced science" Warpy Apr 2024 #3

Soon exoplanet discoveries will be coming in by the droves on a daily basis! GreenWave Apr 2024 #4

I was born a week before Sputnik I was launched. lastlib Apr 2024 #5

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