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Old June 4th 08, 11:51 PM posted to sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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OM wrote:
...Actually, I thought it was more of a bas-relief of Lenin etched
into the panels, which in turn were designed to fly apart upon impact
so that Lenin's ugly mug would be thrown all over the impact site as a
gesture of the immortality of Communism.


If you check out the link on the posting, it's a sphere made out of
pentagonal medallions, looking a lot like a miniature soccer ball. 4/5's
have CCCP and the date on them, the rest have the great seal of the
Soviet Union on them.

Pat