"Happy 55th Birthday Sputnik!" Topic

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Tom Bryant	04 Oct 2012 2:46 p.m. PST
Today we began the space race 55 years ago. Many thanks to all who helped get us this far. Well done to the Russians who managed to kick start this whole thing. Hopefully we can keep it going. YouTube link
Mike at Work 2	04 Oct 2012 7:00 p.m. PST
Well done to the russians? they let a poor little dog burn to death on re-entry (the apparatus they had in place to quickly kill her utterly failed). thats a great start there.
Editor in Chief Bill	04 Oct 2012 8:04 p.m. PST
No dog in Sputnik.
20thmaine	05 Oct 2012 2:08 a.m. PST
Must have been an exciting time to be alive. And only 5 more years to wait for The Beatles and Dr No !
Saginaw	05 Oct 2012 4:42 a.m. PST
Certainly controversial at the time, but as a whole, the human race has definitely advanced from that basketball-sized orbiting satellite. Thanks, Tom.
Tom Bryant	05 Oct 2012 5:23 a.m. PST
No dog in Sputnik. Well not Sputnik 1 anyway. Sputnik 2 was a different story.
Shagnasty	05 Oct 2012 5:23 a.m. PST
Hated it then, hate it now.
20thmaine	05 Oct 2012 6:40 a.m. PST
Why ?
XRaysVision	05 Oct 2012 8:29 a.m. PST
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
Gunfreak	05 Oct 2012 10:53 a.m. PST
The soviets have never been very nice to dogs, we all know what they did during WW2 with them.