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The Next Fifty Years In Space

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 4, 2007 @01:37AM from the wave-motion-gun dept.

MarkWhittington writes "2007 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age, agreed by most to have begun with the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik, on October 4th, 1957. While some are taking stock of the last fifty years of space exploration, noting what has been accomplished and, more importantly, what has not been accomplished, others are wondering what the next fifty years might bring."

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Old News? by GodsBlood · 2007-09-04 01:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

(looks at the calender) Oh shit, its an entire month early!
Re:What the next 50 years will bring by faloi · 2007-09-04 02:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And people wonder why I don't care about cholesterol and things like that. If I'm lucky, a good swift heart attack will save me from years of agonizing cancer that I'm genetically pre-disposed to, and I'll be dead before we get too bad off.

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Re:The Next 50 Years in Space... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-09-04 02:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

*sniff* I smell a Communist.
Re:The Next 50 Years in Space... by cowscows · 2007-09-04 03:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Wow, it's impressive to see environmentalism, anti-capitalist sentiment, anit-americanism, and OS flame wars all crammed into one paragraph. Well done.

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Re:The Next 50 Years in Space... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-09-04 03:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

*sniff* I smell an American flag waving moron