Grey on Apr 13th, 2008A Statue For Laika, the Space Dog
Laika, the first animal in space, has finally received a monument to her honor in Moscow. The Statue shows the small dog standing atop a rocket.
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Grey on Mar 14th, 2008Nuclear Bomb Test Sites in Google Earth
At the Google Earth discussion site, an intrepid user has posted a file that shows the location of every nuclear bomb detonation on Earth — all 2,000 of them. It’s really something to see all the red dots spread across Nevada, the former Soviet Union and the oceans.
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Grey on Sep 19th, 2007Protect your Family in a Backyard Fallout Shelter
Now you too can build your own backyard fallout shelter thanks to the efforts of SyndProd for scanning this 1963 brochure and 1961 Life Magazine article.
[Link to ‘Protect Your Family From Fallout’ on Flickr]
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Grey on Aug 27th, 2007Duck and Cover
Archive.org has the famous ‘Duck and Cover’ video from the 1950s advising students that if a nuclear bomb goes off, hiding under a particle board desk will save your life. Enjoy the hilarity. And remember, the current terrorism scare is nothing like the red scare.
[Watch ‘Duck and Cover’ at Archive.org]