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Come Inside... => The Library => Topic started by: Uncle Mort on October 01, 2008, 03:35:07 PM

Title: Baikonur
Post by: Uncle Mort on October 01, 2008, 03:35:07 PM

Great pictures (if you're into this sort of thing)

Baikonur (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_baikonur_cosmodrome.html#photo11)


(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postimage.org%2FPqq0o79.jpg&hash=62dcca7c9102e2f2883f8e9591676ed4dafff6a5) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pqq0o79)

Title: Re: Baikonur
Post by: Pastis on October 01, 2008, 04:07:01 PM

Mmm. I liked those. Thanks.

Also, this comment:  ;)

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I'm reminded of the (possibly apocryphal) story about the effort that went into developing writing utensils for space. The US spent many dollars and many man-hours and came up with the zero-g pen. The Russians decided to use pencils.