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PJMcK

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5. Wow, you visited the USSR!

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Fri May 2, 2025, 08:44 PM

May 2025

That must have been quite an experience in 1986! Great memories, I'm sure.

In 1975, my high school madrigal group did a three week tour of Romania which was during Ceaucescu's (sp?) dictatorship. He and his wife greeted us when we sang in the royal palace and it was quite striking when the two of them were overthrown and killed. It was a beautiful country with friendly people, spectacular food and an enthralling history. We even visited Dracula's castle!

Space, rockets, astronauts, satellites and the like have always fascinated me, particularly since I grew up in tandem with the space race. This Venus lander is a real throwback to those days. Hopefully, it will land in the ocean and not in a populated area...

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A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 2025 OP

Usually, the gravity of this planet would pull whatever's in a low orbit atmosphere. Omnipresent May 2025 #1

This is why it's concerning PJMcK May 2025 #2

Thanks for the explanation. Rhiannon12866 May 2025 #4

Wow, you visited the USSR! PJMcK May 2025 #5

What video? nt intrepidity May 2025 #6

Sorry but I don't know what you mean PJMcK May 2025 #7

Now I have to watch the skies, too? marble falls May 2025 #3

Yeah PJMcK May 2025 #8

Sadly, the Kremlin's around 55 degrees north latitude. n/t Igel May 5 #9

Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit - AP Rhiannon12866 May 10 #10

Can we aim it at Lard-A-Mango? GaYellowDawg May 11 #11

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