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From: krw
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:10
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:10
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:23:41 -0700, Mark Borgerson <mborgerson@comcast.net> wrote: >In article <a8b09dF2tcU1@mid.individual.net>, 5V@2.5A says... >> >> On 07-Aug-12 8:13 AM, Jordan wrote: >> > >> > >> >> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-06/nasa-celebrates-successful-mars-landing/4180454 >> >> >> > >> > Great achievement, but have we forgotten something? >> > I was surprised when I mentioned to some friends that there have been successful landings on Mars since at least 1976 - >> > they were astonished and disbelieving. >> >> Try and get people to believe that the Concord and 747 first flew in 1969, or that the B52 proto took to the air in 1952. >> >> BTW The B52 is still a current work horse. >> Only 6 new heads and 3 new handles. :-) > >Right up there is the first flight of the A-12 (predecessor to the SR- >71) in 1962. Of course, only a limited number of people really knew >about it at the time! ;-) It didn't take long before the A-12 became public knowledge. Revel even had accurate models of it, and the D-21 drone, within a couple of years. They did a much better job of covering up the B2 project.
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