"John Keeney" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"John Keeney" wrote in message
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Then perhaps you shouldnt have said

Sputnik was the lead in to a dead-in technology.

Quote the whole sentence, Kevin.
"Compared to the changes that followed from the Wrights' flights,
Sputnik was the lead in to a dead-in technology."


The name is Keith, now please explain what a 'dead-in'
technology is and why satellites deserve that description,
even if only in relative terms.

Keith