On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 19:47 +0000, Michael Sokolov wrote: > Randy McLaughlin <cctalk at randy482.com> wrote: > > > The Russians were right in keeping tubes well beyond what we did. That's > > how they got to venus! > > FYI, those tubes that went to Venus were designed by my dad. Wow, that's a rather cool claim to fame :)