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Old June 4th 08, 04:00 PM posted to sci.space.history
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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They never did that, but they did impact metal pennants on the Moon with
their Luna 2 spacecraft.
They also sent similar pennants to Mars and Venus.
http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bl...nt_Luna01b.jpg


Many US probes have had similar...stuff on them. I'm sure there is the
image of a US flag on pretty much everything we've launched. Not to mention
things like records and DVD's with information on them that's vanishingly
unlikely to ever be read in the future.

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Old June 4th 08, 05:39 PM posted to sci.space.history
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:52:11 -0500, Pat Flannery
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They never did that, but they did impact metal pennants on the Moon with
their Luna 2 spacecraft.


....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.

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Old June 4th 08, 11:51 PM posted to sci.space.history
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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
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Old June 5th 08, 04:54 AM posted to sci.space.history
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:51:19 -0500, 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.


....Yeah, you're right. I was apparently recalling another proposed
probe from that time that had Lenin and Marx as well as the "great"
seals. Never got built or launched, but I'll be fracked if I can
remember where I read it. May have been a thread here from way, way
back.

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