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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 07:52 PM
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This day in Space History:
April 12 1961 - Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to orbit the earth.

April 12, 1981 - The space shuttle is first launched with John Young (Georgia Tech grad.. :applause:) and Robert Crippen as the crew.

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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 07:57 PM
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1. I watched the 81 launch
was not born for the 61 launch.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 07:59 PM
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2. And in just a little less than 52 years, Zefram Cochran invents the warp drive!
Edited on Tue Apr-12-11 07:59 PM by Tesha
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 08:03 PM
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3. wrong universe
if we were in that one the Botany Bay would already have been launched after the eugenics wars of the 1990s


nice try though
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