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submitted 3 weeks ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The guts it took to do that. Anything could have gone wrong.

Yes, extensive testing was done, lots of planning and safety to ensure nothing went wrong. Things can still go sideways.

Must've been an incredible feeling too. I remember it being a big deal at the time.

[–] totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

I had forgotten how big of a deal it was at the time! Thank you for the reminder.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

When was this

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

STS-41b in 1984

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For me, it was Tuesday.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently it was last Tuesday.