07-08-2011, 02:55 PM
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Pixie's Resident Reptile
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Central MD, USA
Posts: 21,196
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Originally Posted by Scarecrow
I remember when the first Mercury ship went straight up and came right back down. That was the first time man had been in space. And now it all seems to be over.
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Incorrect on both counts. Gagarin beat Sheppard into space, and people in general, and Americans in particular will be on the international space station for at least the next year. Log after Atlantis has returned.
But really, next stop for us should be Mars.
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