The 'Spaced Age' began October 4, 1957

- at least for embarrassed Numbah-One Muricans it did - and suddenly the man in the street (there were NO Malls) heard for the first time since grammar school: the word science .. a word easier to pronounce than nuclear (that, right on through 2006, amidst the rurals.)

What happened on October 4, 1957, O history buff?

Sputnik Happened.

...was going beep.. beep.. beep.. (long before Our BeeP was going.. dada)

Overhead. ^^Waay^^ Over. Head. and over a Lot of Heads

FEAR.. loathing.. pie-on-face.. Vengeance! [mustbethosekidnappedNaziScientists]
Gnashing Of Teeth.. 9/11 with only Symbolic Body Parts to Avenge

And voila! suddenly in rural-Murica (that area between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans - umm, those large thingies of salt water) it was considered Marketable to find about about this science-stuff; by Jingo we weren't about to let a bunch o' primitive Russkies besmirch the Competitive Nature of Murican Entrepreneurs! NossirreeBob | You Betcha: lets put this'yere science Out for Bid. Raat NOW.

And the rest, as they say is: largely, history (though there's a herstory there, too - - -
at long last, brainy-gurrlz were Not immediately drowned after confirmation (or before that, in states what cudn't pronounce big words. Like nukular..))

Post #245,668 by Ashton 2/21/06 6:40:36 PM Reply	The 'Spaced Age' began October 4, 1957 - at least for embarrassed Numbah-One Muricans it did - and suddenly the man in the street (there were NO Malls) heard for the first time since grammar school: the word science .. a word easier to pronounce than nuclear (that, right on through 2006, amidst the rurals.) What happened on October 4, 1957, O history buff? Sputnik Happened. ...was going beep.. beep.. beep.. (long before Our BeeP was going.. dada) Overhead. ^^Waay^^ Over. Head. and over a Lot of Heads FEAR.. loathing.. pie-on-face.. Vengeance! [mustbethosekidnappedNaziScientists] Gnashing Of Teeth.. 9/11 with only Symbolic Body Parts to Avenge And voila! suddenly in rural-Murica (that area between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans - umm, those large thingies of salt water) it was considered Marketable to find about about this science-stuff; by Jingo we weren't about to let a bunch o' primitive Russkies besmirch the Competitive Nature of Murican Entrepreneurs! NossirreeBob \| You Betcha: lets put this'yere science Out for Bid. Raat NOW. And the rest, as they say is: largely, history (though there's a herstory there, too - - - at long last, brainy-gurrlz were Not immediately drowned after confirmation (or before that, in states what cudn't pronounce big words. Like nukular..)) Found out freq. of the little beeping orb; at lab, dusted off an old Hallicrafters, cut antenna to length: Heard It pass overhead! Loved. It. Celebrated by hooking up a 5C22 thyratron tube to a HV supply, across a small-watt resistor. Pulsed it once: Boom (and some more joules + carbon dioxide was added to the mix) Science.. don't leave the Cathedral without it.
Post #245,684 by Nightowl 2/21/06 8:56:54 PM 2/21/06 8:58:59 PM Reply	And the answer is.... (Really a duplicate post... ignore) "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." By Geoffrey F. Abert Edited by Nightowl Feb. 21, 2006, 08:58:59 PM EST Expand All History
Post #245,685 by Nightowl 2/21/06 8:57:47 PM Reply	Sputnik!!!!!! And I didn't even have to look it up, OR scroll down! Yay! The Russians beat us in many ways in the space race, I know that. I just can't use Russians for the reunion graphic because we don't have any in our family history. ;) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." By Geoffrey F. Abert

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