Mark Arbour Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) 50 years ago today, Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite, was launched The Tornados ( the lead singer was gay) wrote a song about it: Edited July 10, 2012 by Mark Arbour
Daddydavek Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 It was a big deal then. Now space is full of junk and we take instant communications, and our GPS for granted. 1
Canuk Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 I'll admit that I had no idea that the first satellite was called "Telstar". In Oz Telstar was the name of a mid sized Ford sedan/hatch. 1
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