This day in History 2nd January

Noot54 (4433) ranked 1 out of 72 in strange but true

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In 1959, the Russian space probe Luna 1, the first man made object to achieve 'escape' velocity from Earth's gravity, was launched towards the moon.
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sbeauty (4498) ranked 6 out of 72 in strange but true

3 years ago

We've been at the space game a long time and spent billions of dollars. Have we really achieved enough to justify all the effort? Will we ever?

Noot54 (4433) ranked 1 out of 72 in strange but true	3 years ago
when you look at things like the space shuttle and the International space station it makes things like Luna 1 seem so primitive, and yet, as you say, how far have we really advanced with this?

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