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Hekate

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1. What a thing that was. I was 9 when it happened, and later that year we moved to O'ahu...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:02 AM

6 hrs ago

…Territory of Hawai’i. I followed the space program forever, it seemed — I wanted to go out there.

I really believed we’d be much further along than just filling the night sky with satellites and space junk.

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68 years ago today SPUTNIK [View all] elleng 6 hrs ago OP

What a thing that was. I was 9 when it happened, and later that year we moved to O'ahu... Hekate 6 hrs ago #1

And also encouraged many young pupils to pursue science question everything 6 hrs ago #2

Every travel is an adventure, I'm glad you had a early experience Shellback Squid 6 hrs ago #3

I saw Sputnik and many other Soviet space replicas when I visited Moscow in the mid '80s Rhiannon12866 4 hrs ago #4

Our local newspaper told us when & where to go out at night to see Sputnik- and, sure enough, there it was! NBachers 4 hrs ago #5

A bit too young at 4 yrs old. But probably heard about it a few years later. electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #6