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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The guts it took to do that. Anything could have gone wrong.

Yes, extensive testing was done, lots of planning and safety to ensure nothing went wrong. Things can still go sideways.

Must've been an incredible feeling too. I remember it being a big deal at the time.

I had forgotten how big of a deal it was at the time! Thank you for the reminder.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Apparently it was last Tuesday.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

STS-41b in 1984