On 4/12/06, Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 25 years ago today, the first space shuttle Columbia took off. I like > millions of others around the world watched the televised broadcast - did > anyone here actually see it live and take photographs? > > Feel old now :-(
I just wanted to remind that 45 years ago today (April 12, 1961), the first man on Earth flew to space. His name was Yury Gagarin. I don't mean to undervalue the importance of the space shuttle Columbia, but in my view, the first human in space is a more important mile stone in the human history. The difference is that much fewer people (if at all) would remember that event first (or even "second", i.e. from news reports) hand. I "was not in the plans" yet then. Igor
