Here's to Yuri
Tomorrow is the 47th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space. Rather than waste a lot of time with my own inarticulate words here's a couple quotes from the first space adventurer.
Before the launch Yuri said, "Dear friends, known and unknown to me, my dear compatriots and all people of the world! Within minutes from now, a mighty Soviet rocket will boost my ship into the vastness of outer space. What I want to tell you is this. My whole life is now before me as a single breathtaking moment. I feel I can muster up my strength for successfully carrying out what is expected of me."
Moments after takeoff his statement was much more succinct, "Poyekhali!"
"Off we go!"
Here's to you Yuri
Before the launch Yuri said, "Dear friends, known and unknown to me, my dear compatriots and all people of the world! Within minutes from now, a mighty Soviet rocket will boost my ship into the vastness of outer space. What I want to tell you is this. My whole life is now before me as a single breathtaking moment. I feel I can muster up my strength for successfully carrying out what is expected of me."
Moments after takeoff his statement was much more succinct, "Poyekhali!"
"Off we go!"
Here's to you Yuri