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12. Well done. And not to forget...

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 02:14 PM

Nov 2019

who was the first human in space?
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space...

Fake news!!! Probably the work of capitalists working in secret and communists taking the credit for it!

What about the Boeing 737 Max and the space shuttle Challenger and the Ford Pinto and...? The greed incentive may have some downsides as well.

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Capitalism Didn't Make the iPhone, You iMbecile [View all] Yavin4 Nov 2019 OP

DURec leftstreet Nov 2019 #2

hits all of the things I've been telling people for decades. lapfog_1 Nov 2019 #4

Jobs was one of the great "showmen" of the tech industry lapfog_1 Nov 2019 #9

Elizabeth Holmes, Silcon Valley Jobs' clone with black turtlenecks: scary appalachiablue Nov 2019 #17

Capitalism is inherently rather conservative... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #18

The problem there is exploitation of the commons. unblock Nov 2019 #19

That is a huge part of the problem in all industries... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #20

indeed, and partly why phrases like "carbon tax" are problematic unblock Nov 2019 #26

Thank you. N/t. okieinpain Nov 2019 #8

Ah! You beat me to it!! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2019 #10

Well done. And not to forget... moondust Nov 2019 #12

Aviation Johnny2X2X Nov 2019 #14

It took a lot of folks.... Thunderbeast Nov 2019 #15

don't forget NASA! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #22

Whenever I see an old photo of Mission Control, I think Yavin4 Nov 2019 #25

sliderules rule! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #28

All true Thunderbeast Nov 2019 #23

I remember those days....nt Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #24

"I'd like to make a long distance call" Baclava Nov 2019 #27

The only people paying big money for calls Thunderbeast Nov 2019 #29