3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of ?

[_richardMdBorn]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

[_Jersey Girl]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

Okay, I'll give it a try. I'm sure I'm off by a zillion years. Friendship 7?

[_Jersey Girl]

Okay, it couldn't be Friendship 7 because I remember it. What about that little chimpanzee that got blasted off?

Yes, a 7 year old is writing my posts.

Edit: Okay, I think I know what it is now but I cheated and looked it up. I will have to let some other cheater who denies their cheating say what it is.

[_Bond...James Bond]

Sputnik?

[_Mercury]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

Vanguard 1 was launched

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1

I wish I could meet your father

[_Jersey Girl]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

Vanguard 1 was launched

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1

I wish I could meet your father

Cheater.

[_Mercury]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

Vanguard 1 was launched

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1

I wish I could meet your father

Cheater.

Google can be my God any day.

[_Jersey Girl]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

Vanguard 1 was launched

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1

I wish I could meet your father

Cheater.

Google can be my God any day.

wiki cheater

[_Mercury]

3/17/08 is the 50th anniversary of what event in space history (and it relates to my family).

Vanguard 1 was launched

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1

I wish I could meet your father

Cheater.

Google can be my God any day.

wiki cheater

I googled '" 3/17/58" + space'

I got the site http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/dictionary/tables/table14.html

So I then googled "Vanguard 1"

[_richardMdBorn]

You got it. Here's a good web site.

http://www.vanguard-one-50th-anniversary.org/links.html

I will be at NRL in Washington for the celebration. When my dad was tinkering with the Vanguard 1 satellite on our dining room table, my mom said, "I wonder if the Russians would like to see this."