Mariner 2 - 44 years ago today

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/gene...7.html#article

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:41:37 -0500, "g. beat" @spam protected wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/gene...7.html#article

"Throughout last night, suspense was high as computers closed in on the critical
point of the degree of aberration in the spacecraft's course. Today, scientists and
engineers, some bearded and most of them informally clad in sport shirts and slacks
or shorts, moved about their duties with grins as the machines ground out
encouraging numbers."

So much for the strict dress codes of yesteryear...

"London, Aug. 27 (Reuters) -- The Moscow radio home service carried a forty-word
report on the launching of Mariner II in its first afternoon news bulletin today."

I'm curious what they said. I suspect Jim Oberg knows. Was it just a straight
report, or did they put a pro-Soviet spin on it?

Dale