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

  1. October 5th, 2006, 12:06 AM #1
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    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

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  2. October 5th, 2006, 06:31 AM #2
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    Re: October 4--Sputnik launched 49 years ago today

    Quote 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.

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  3. October 5th, 2006, 11:40 PM #3
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    I'll wait for next year's celebration, the big 50!
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  4. October 6th, 2006, 01:00 AM #4
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    LOL

    And Laika is a cute dog
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  5. October 7th, 2006, 02:06 AM #5
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    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
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  6. October 7th, 2006, 02:07 AM #6
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    But he is a commie bastard?
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  7. October 7th, 2006, 03:11 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    But he is a commie bastard?
    He got pwnd by M4rxizm-13ninism!
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  8. October 7th, 2006, 02:58 PM #8
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    Not everyone who lived in the USSR was a communist
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  9. October 7th, 2006, 10:11 PM #9
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    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.
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  10. October 7th, 2006, 10:40 PM #10
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    Quote 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*
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  11. October 7th, 2006, 11:15 PM #11
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    Quote 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
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  12. October 7th, 2006, 11:30 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by RusskiSlav
    Quote 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!?!
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  13. October 8th, 2006, 02:09 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Бармалей
    Quote Originally Posted by RusskiSlav
    Quote 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.
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  14. October 8th, 2006, 02:17 AM #14
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    Quote 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
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  15. October 8th, 2006, 02:23 AM #15
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    Quote 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.
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  16. October 8th, 2006, 02:25 AM #16
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    Quote 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!!)
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  17. October 22nd, 2006, 12:45 AM #17
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    Quote 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.
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  18. October 22nd, 2006, 01:38 AM #18
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    Yeah I heard she died on Sputnik 2. Poor Laika
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    Cool on my birthday!! except I'm not that old.
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