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MattBille@mattbille.bsky.social |
"No one 'saw Sputnik:' the tiny ball was invisible to the unaided eye. What millions of people saw was the 60-foot core stage of the R-7 booster, which followed the satellite into orbit." - my book The First Space Race
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Molten Berle
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I think I read it once compared to seeing the head of a pin from the other end of a football field.
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Marnanel Thurman
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Was it painted silver or something? I have a vague memory of that.
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