Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

[Kepler]

When the aliens write our epitaph as a species, there will be bacon vodka, push-up bras, and this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...st-manned-space-flight.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

[IrishWildcat]

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

Now, by "only important thing we did" are you referring to sending a man into space? Or sausage?

 

[Kepler]

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

I mean sending a sausage into space and successfully returning it to Earth.

 

[joecct]

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

When the aliens write our epitaph as a species, there will be bacon vodka, push-up bras, and this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...st-manned-space-flight.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Look at the last two photos of Gagarin. The color one is backwards -- unless the Soviets could put their medals on either side.

 

[Hopkinja]

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

I was surprised to read that Alexei Leonov is still alive. I thought he'd be dead by now.

 

[Kepler]

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

I was surprised to read that Alexei Leonov is still alive. I thought he'd be dead by now.

He's only 76. I'm surprised, too.

 

[Hopkinja]

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Only Important Thing Humanity Ever Did

He's only 76. I'm surprised, too.

I thought he was much older when he did the space walk.