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		Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch (nytimes.com)
		4 points by tusslewake 14 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

ahazred8ta 14 days ago | [–]

March 1926 to October 1957 -- It only took us 31 years to get to orbit. And 5 more years to get to Venus.

mmooss 14 days ago | [–]

Spoiler: That cabbage patch was on the property of Robert Goddard's aunt.

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