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Rocket Man Part 2

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Part 2 of my interview with my mate Matt, steely eyed rocket man extraordinaire. Goonhilly Gyros and spacecraft in Telstar The interior of Telstar The magnitude of space junk around the world The first live TV pictures transmitted via satellite Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to NASA, I Alison, Rama, NASA, US Gov, the BBC and Andrew Bulko

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