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Astronomycast episode 65-65 years of space in the Sputnik I anniversary. Welcome to Astronomycast

5th year.

experienced the equinox, R.A. has reset to its zero point.

Life is good.

Unless you are the space launch system.

Oh, I, you know, you know, that is my Gen X constantly pessimistic joy of the week

because it's just sort of like just sit back, eat popcorn and watch a dance.

It's going back and forth and back and forth.

It's going to launch, not going to launch.

I don't feel any of that.

I feel just the anxiety of the tens of thousands of people who worked on this and it really

needed to launch to store their honor.

I feel for them and I want to think to fly.

I don't want it to fly very often.

I don't want to fly beyond the number of times they've built this, but I, but it's already

built and now I want it to fly.

Yes, it deserves to launch, but I can enjoy the dance.

Speaking of space flight, it's been about 65 years since the Soviets launched the first

orbital satellite into low earth orbit, Sputnik I.

Now, there are thousands of satellites in orbit with tens of thousands on the way.

Well, it's a could be impact that Sputnik had on the history of space flight.

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