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
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"Gagarin's heroic achievement enables us the privilege to take manned space flight for granted."
Dan Onizuka • Unemployed