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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The first besides that manhole cover from the underground nuclear test, right?

[–] firipu@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just to be pedantic, that one most likely never made it to space, it most likely just disintegrated.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

Almost certainly, but we as a species can dare to hope.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

that's exactly what I was going to bring up.

not one, but TWO.

the original cover was such a significant point of research that they not only reconstructed a whole new experiment around it, but improved upon it to make it go faster.

[–] firipu@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Do you have any proof of that? Can't find anything about a second try.