From little acorns...

kp

What about Jalopniks?

@Nelson: Oh, man, how could I forget that?!

@KernelPanic:
Mmmmmm. Little acorn burgers.
I see business potential there.."Soviet Squirrels' Savory Sputnikburgers".
I love the retro-communism for capitalist gain, twist..

...by the way, I just had to ask..Lynn, how many times a week do you get told you have the coolest name EV-ER.

wow it would be so cool if we had news reels like that now.

I WANT TO LIVE IN A RETRO FUTURE NOW!

@Miranda Kali:
"...by the way, I just had to ask..Lynn, how many times a week do you get told you have the coolest name EV-ER."

Not nearly enough.

Yeah IBM, you track those pings!

Hard to imagine one single, solitary little satellite up there.

Especially one launched from the Tiny Town Parade Viewing Stand.

I recommend Matthew Brzezinski's excellent book about the Sputnik program, "Red Moon Rising;" it effectively depicts the Halloween scare that swept America that winter.
Also (sorry to share but I must)...Brzezinski reports that Laika, the dog in Sputnik II, was roasted alive during re-entry, and nobody knew until after the fall of Communism. So where's poor Laika's statue in Red Square?

BTW...Lynn Peril is your secret agent name, right?

@Lynn Peril:
Well, gosh darn-it, I must say it's a mighty cool name.

Also, It boggles the mind, these leaps and bounds we've made in artists conception technology.
...To think of those brave young souls who dared to pioneer the vast wasteland of storyboard mock-ups. Courageous lads.

@nuromansr: Laika died 5 to 7 hours into the flight, probably from heat and stress...

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