Do you remember what happen at this day 41 years ago?

[Richelieu]

IMO it's at least as big as the first flight of the Wright brothers and bigger than the first moon landing.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by kassiopeia
I would of put my money on the Berlin crisis.

IIRC, that was 1949...a tumultuous year.

[Simon Darkshade]

It was a great and signifiicant event in human history, and inspite of ideology, one does regard the memory of Gagarin and the human achievement he represented with fondness and respect.
It would have been something I would have liked to have lived through, like Sputnik and the Moon Landing. People today are quite a bit blase in regards to these achievements; we almost take it for granted that we can go into space, and walk on the moon.

[Saras]

Pity the guy died the way he did.

[Kyle]

Originally posted by paiktis22



The same space race it is starting to develop now between USA and EU about who will be the first to go to Mars

We can cooperate and go even faster

First the EU needs to get a real manned program.


But agreed, the ESA and NASA should be working together toward that goal.


As to Gagarin's flight, quite revolutionary. If it wasn't for the Soviet's achievments, the US never would've been pushed to surpass them.

[Bereta_Eder]

[Kyle]

Originally posted by paiktis22

What now?

[Bereta_Eder]

In the voice of a mafiozo: Forget about it

[ZoboZeWarrior]

Looks like the first space tourist and the first space poluter for me !

[JCG]

An incredible accomplishment, which although it paved the way for many others, hasn't been exploited to its fullest, or even in the best possible manner to benefit all humanity (which should be done without polluting the rest of the Universe, though, that's important, yet so hard to do)...

[Kyle]

Originally posted by JCG
(which should be done without polluting the rest of the Universe, though, that's important, yet so hard to do)...

In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's actually possible to pollute the universe.

[Bereta_Eder]

there so many satelits floating in orbit, pretty soon they'll start falling on our heads

[Bereta_Eder]

heh there was a plan about dumping radioactive material in space.

jetonize them outside in the solar system

it didn;t come through 'cause it was too expensive. but what's funny is that in the reasoning of why not to do it there was a clause that said that they might fall on the head of an alien and thatalien might get pissed and come here asking for explanations.

[Clear Skies]

Great lyric from one of my favourite songs...

And I wanted to ride with Yuri Gagarin as he circled all around my world...

[Kyle]

Originally posted by paiktis22
there so many satelits floating in orbit, pretty soon they'll start falling on our heads

I'd hardly call that the universe.