Thread: October 4--Sputnik launched 49 years ago today

Yep, today's the anniversary. This little satellite started the space race and sparked the creation of NASA.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Histo ... index.html

Think my avatar looks like Laika?

Originally Posted by RusskiSlav

Yep, today's the anniversary. This little satellite started the space race and sparked the creation of NASA.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Histo ... index.html

Yeah, I've almost forgot that. I'm going to celebrate tonight

Think my avatar looks like Laika?

Лайка was a mongrel, it's a name, not the breed. I'm very fond of dogs and yours is very beautiful.

Here is the photo of Laika:

I'll wait for next year's celebration, the big 50!

LOL

And Laika is a cute dog

OK Russians, ready for another celebration? Today, October 6, is Boris Mikhailov's birthday!



I'm a huge hockey fan, and Boris is one of my all-time favorite players

But he is a commie bastard?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But he is a commie bastard?

He got pwnd by M4rxizm-13ninism!

Not everyone who lived in the USSR was a communist

And not everyone who was communist was bad. The most of communists were honest and smart people. Don't see stupid American propaganda films like James Bond, "Rembo" and other crap that wash your brain.

Originally Posted by Fantomaks

And not everyone who was communist was bad. The most of communists were honest and smart people. Don't see stupid American propaganda films like James Bond, "Rembo" and other cr@p that wash your brain.

Come on, if you are a communist you are automatically evil! Just the very thought of communism is a sin to humanity! *shudder*

Originally Posted by Fantomaks

Don't see stupid American propaganda films like James Bond, "Rembo" and other cr@p that wash your brain.

I've never seen either one. But it's not like the Soviet Union didn't have its own propaganda films...and newspapers

Originally Posted by RusskiSlav

Originally Posted by Fantomaks

Don't see stupid American propaganda films like James Bond, "Rembo" and other cr@p that wash your brain.

I've never seen either one. But it's not like the Soviet Union didn't have its own propaganda films...and newspapers

You've never seen a James Bond film!?!? Are you from Mars!?!

Originally Posted by Бармалей

Originally Posted by RusskiSlav

Originally Posted by Fantomaks

Don't see stupid American propaganda films like James Bond, "Rembo" and other cr@p that wash your brain.

I've never seen either one. But it's not like the Soviet Union didn't have its own propaganda films...and newspapers

You've never seen a James Bond film!?!? Are you from Mars!?!

Even worse, he's from the Soviet Union.

Originally Posted by basurero

[quote:1omxwe0u]You've never seen a James Bond film!?!? Are you from Mars!?!

Even worse, he's from the Soviet Union.

[/quote:1omxwe0u]

First of all, I'm a she, second of all, I'm not from the Soviet Union, and third, no I have not seen a James Bond film. Don't ask why, I don't know either

Originally Posted by RusskiSlav

First of all, I'm a she, second of all, I'm not from the Soviet Union, and third, no I have not seen a James Bond film. Don't ask why, I don't know either

Oh, you missed a lot - you haven't seen an ugly "russian" guy with steel teeth.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Oh, you missed a lot - you haven't seen an ugly "russian" guy with steel teeth.

LOL I have heard of that one, but never seen it. I plan to someday though. I spend too much time watching hockey now (season just began!!)

Originally Posted by RusskiSlav

LOL

And Laika is a cute dog

Unfortunatly, she, unlike Belka&Strelka, did not make it back to the Earth. She died in space because of radiation, lack of oxygen and high temperature in terrible pain. I watched the movie on TV about that recently. Poor animal.

Yeah I heard she died on Sputnik 2. Poor Laika

Cool on my birthday!! except I'm not that old.