Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Remembering Gagarin

In honour of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's successful first orbital flight here's another picture of the moon (taken this time with small tripod).
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6 comments:

Tillerman said...

I can't see the tripod. It must be very small.

8:02 pm
JP said...

Oops, maybe the Apollo astronauts forgot to leave one behind :(

9:08 pm
Baydog said...

Unlike the golfballs and retro-reflectors that litter the moonscape

9:33 pm
O Docker said...

I think it's very cool that the Soviet Union had an actual 'hero' medal, which Gagarin won for completing his historic flight.

Anyone can claim to be a hero, but it's much easier to substantiate that when you have the medal to prove it.

Imagine how handy such a thing would be for resolving barroom disputes or for getting parking validated. And it must have looked great on an online dating resume:

Six feet, muscular build, trim, non-smoker, Hero of the Soviet Union.

10:16 pm
Tillerman said...

O Docker. You can buy your own hero medal for 39 cents on amazon.com.

But I do agree with you. I think the US should have a "Hero of the Republic" medal. But it would probably end up getting awarded to the likes of the Koch brothers and Barry Bonds.

10:30 pm
JP said...

...or even a paper weight?

7:35 pm

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