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Re: In space news...
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:45:14 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John D. Forinash writes:
> ...though not necessarily lego related except as inspiration, today marks
> the 40th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight aboard Vostok-1.
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> It also marks the 20th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch.
> Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen kept OV-102 Columbia in orbit for
> two days in this first orbital test of the Space Shuttle.
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> -JDF
Not to mention that John W. Young was a Georgia Tech grad.
Go Jackets (buzz buzz buzz)! :-)
Chris <><
Class of '94
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| (...) So was Dick Truly, pilot for the back-up crew. He flew Columbia on STS-2. They must have been worried something would go wrong. :) (...) -JDF [Class of '01. Though I was supposed to be Class of '94...] (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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| ...though not necessarily lego related except as inspiration, today marks the 40th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight aboard Vostok-1. It also marks the 20th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch. Astronauts John Young and Robert (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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