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I was following Hesiod...

Adam — 8/10/2009 2:33:57 AM (archived)

...but since the Shuttle was nicknamed "The Flying Brick" you may have a point. Dyna-Soar should've been the first aerospace plane not the Shuttle.

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How do you divide up the Space Age? - Jefferson-Washingon - 8/8/2009 5:13:21 PM
- 1976-81, the DARK AGES - carl - 8/10/2009 5:25:54 PM
  - The Soviets were pretty busy, though - Socrates II - 8/13/2009 3:51:33 PM
- 48% to the US, 48 % to Russia and 4% to whoever else is messing around out there. - Eri - 8/9/2009 8:58:21 PM
- Perhaps we need a few centuries to answer the question - Raoul - 8/9/2009 7:00:27 PM
  - The long perspective - Robert - 8/10/2009 9:48:21 PM
- 1945-1965 - Adam - 8/9/2009 6:37:15 AM
  - Shuttle Era more like Stone Age - Nick Hoffman - 8/10/2009 12:36:28 AM
    - I was following Hesiod... - Adam - 8/10/2009 2:33:57 AM
      - No, the first space plane should have been... - Socrates II - 8/10/2009 2:45:00 AM
        
        That would've been the first to burn up... - Adam - 8/10/2009 11:01:25 AM
- re: How do you divide up the Space Age? - Sawyer - 8/9/2009 1:20:51 AM
- re: How do you divide up the Space Age? - E.P. - 8/8/2009 7:28:48 PM
  - The Space Age began... - Socrates II - 8/9/2009 5:34:23 PM
    - Well... - Adam - 8/10/2009 2:43:09 AM
      - Both of you are wrong - E.P. - 8/10/2009 3:25:04 PM
        
        EP, Is there... - Adam - 8/11/2009 9:33:58 AM
        
        Yes - E.P. - 8/12/2009 8:17:19 PM
        
        I think you'll have to... - Adam - 8/13/2009 6:19:34 AM

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