[Magdalen] Pluto pix

Jim Guthrie jguthrie at pipeline.com
Sat Jul 18 14:40:28 UTC 2015


From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford

>I remember the whole neighborhood was outside looking up at the
>(fortunately clear) sky to see Telstar fly over.  What excitement to see
>this one speck of light moving perceptably across the heavens.

Just a youngster, eh?I remember looking for Sputnik with the family and some 
neighborhood kids. some wackos thought it un_American and defeatist to take any 
interest in it.

Mom set up both a good telescope and a Navy Spyglass to bring it "closer."

Cheers,
Jim 



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