First Orbit
Fifty years ago on this day, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to be in space. In a spacecraft Vostok 1 he made a single orbit of Earth and spaceflight lasted 108 minutes.
Director Chris Riley made a film about it called First Orbit. It shows Gagarin spaceflight as it happened 50 years ago.
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Inspiring stuff.
Proof that nothing is impossible and that given time, there is no limit to man's reach.
It's a pity that today people are more interested in the conspiracy theories about how these things may have never happened and were all fabricated.
The horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
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"They say another cosmonaut orbited earth before Yuri Gagarin. But he was not loyal enough to hold his breath when his life support system gave up."
:P
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Laika never gets any credit.Originally Posted by Ronin
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Everybody now!
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here's some more feel-good fare.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/20...crying-in-rage
*contains picture that can be considered mildly disturbing*
"If given the choice to be the shepherd or the sheep... be the wolf"
-Josh Homme
"That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!"
- Calvin
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A milestone for mankind.
CR
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The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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Never underestimate the Russians.
Unto each good man a good dog
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We all know that a worker's heart can not lie. Lies are left to the capitalist dogs :)
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