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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-23 days agoThe guts it took to do that. Anything could have gone wrong. Yes, extensive testing was done, lots of planning and safety to ensure nothing went wrong. Things can still go sideways. Must’ve been an incredible feeling too. I remember it being a big deal at the time.
minus-squareTotally Human Emdash User@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI had forgotten how big of a deal it was at the time! Thank you for the reminder.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoApparently it was last Tuesday.
The guts it took to do that. Anything could have gone wrong.
Yes, extensive testing was done, lots of planning and safety to ensure nothing went wrong. Things can still go sideways.
Must’ve been an incredible feeling too. I remember it being a big deal at the time.
I had forgotten how big of a deal it was at the time! Thank you for the reminder.
When was this
STS-41b in 1984
For me, it was Tuesday.
Apparently it was last Tuesday.