50 Years Of Manned Space Flight

American Voices • Science & Technology • ISSUE 47•15 • Apr 12, 2011

Today marks the 50th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere, the first of its kind. What do you think?

“Ha! Yuri Gagarin sure is a silly name for an American!"”
Barry Scobee –
Can Inspector
“It still chaps my ass that man was beat into space by a damn dog.”
Melinda Resnick –
Threading Machine Operator
“Gagarin's heroic achievement enables us the privilege to take manned space flight for granted."”
Dan Onizuka –
Unemployed

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