Reuters quote of the day, May 2

London, May 1 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''It's like a big parking lot up there. There are lots of empty places, and you can park in one as long as it doesn't belong to someone else.'' -- Robert Grove Jr, an American satellite engineer, quoted in Newsweek magazine in 1986. ''Early Bird'', the first communications satellite for relaying television pictures, went into operation on May 2, 1965.

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