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Re: Beep…beep… beep - Fifty years since Sputnik.

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Originally Posted by Speakeasy View Post
My hat is off, as well, to the little silver sphere that paved the way for the future of humanity.

I do likewise. It is actually beside the point, but Sputnik 1's surface was made of polished aluminium.
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