[punatic]

On April 12th, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space.

[Pinski]

Looks like yeast cake in my stout.

[tumarkin]

John Prine said it well....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d20zUw57lgs&playnext=1&list=PLC800D19E70763DC7

[beveragebob]

Houston we need to get there! And so it began! The guy is a legend and a universal HERO!

[gordonstrong]

And 50 years later we're getting ready to hitch rides to space with the Russians as we retire the shuttle.  Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. 

[alikocho]

And let's not forget that while NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would write in space the Soviets just took a pencil.

[punatic]

And let's not forget that while NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would write in space the Soviets just took a pencil.

The pen went to the moon.  The pencil did not.

[gordonstrong]

I have one of those pens.  I like that you can use them in all sorts of funny angles, like doing a crossword puzzle laying down, that would not work with a normal pen.

[theDarkSide]

I have one of those pens.  I like that you can use them in all sorts of funny angles, like doing a crossword puzzle laying down, that would not work with a normal pen.

I had a similar pen when I was younger.  If you tipped it upside down, the women's clothes would turn into a bikini.  Wish I knew where it was today.

[Hokerer]

I had a similar pen when I was younger.  If you tipped it upside down, the women's clothes would turn into a bikini.  Wish I knew where it was today.

Still had on a bikini?  You got gypped.

[ccarlson]

I have one of those pens.  I like that you can use them in all sorts of funny angles, like doing a crossword puzzle laying down, that would not work with a normal pen.

I had a similar pen when I was younger.  If you tipped it upside down, the women's clothes would turn into a bikini.  Wish I knew where it was today.

I used to have one of those bikini pens. Too bad I lost it. 

[theDarkSide]

I had a similar pen when I was younger.  If you tipped it upside down, the women's clothes would turn into a bikini.  Wish I knew where it was today.

Still had on a bikini?  You got gypped.

I was 12 at the time.  At that age, the Sear catalog was like porn to me 

[dbeechum]

And let's not forget that while NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would write in space the Soviets just took a pencil.

I hate this "legend"

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

[Beer Monger]

Dang.  No shuttle for the Seattle Air & Space Museum.     

[Hokerer]

Dang.  No shuttle for the Seattle Air & Space Museum.     

Well, we're getting a second one (actually the first (Enterprise) is being replaced)