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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... 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. Jeff -- A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein |
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:52:11 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote: 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. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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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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On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:51:19 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote: 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. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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