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Manifestor_of_Light

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12. Poor guy had to circle the block while the lucky guys got to LAND on the Moon.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 01:27 AM

Nov 2013

And Buzz had to defer to Neil as to who would be the first man to walk on the moon, due to some administrative decision at NASA.....sigh.....

I was in junior high. Those were great days for science. Neil deGrasse Tyson keeps hollering about how tiny the NASA budget is, but the politicians won't listen to him. They usually don't understand science, at least the Republicans don't.

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Michael Collins is the only human, dead or alive, not contained in the frame of this picture... [View all] Playinghardball Nov 2013 OP

Dammit! Orrex Nov 2013 #1

Yeah, but he got your good side. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #11

That was an amazing time to be alive in America MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #2

it was incredible. they would roll in these little old black & white teevees to watch... spanone Nov 2013 #8

He's my cousin! drmeow Nov 2013 #3

Great. efhmc Nov 2013 #9

I'm extremely envious MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #16

Ironically drmeow Nov 2013 #18

That we know of so far. Lex Nov 2013 #4

You might be forgetting Gary Seven... BootinUp Nov 2013 #5

Collins and all the people on the far side of the Earth DavidDvorkin Nov 2013 #6

That, and... TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #13

That photo looks faked. Coyotl Nov 2013 #7

What about all the people abducted by aliens? wickerwoman Nov 2013 #10

Poor guy had to circle the block while the lucky guys got to LAND on the Moon. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #12

My impression is that drmeow Nov 2013 #21

riiiight. as if men actually landed on the moon.... KG Nov 2013 #14

Well, him and the billions on the sides of the Earth not visible in the photograph. eom TransitJohn Nov 2013 #15

Jesus, really? That is your comment? nt Logical Nov 2013 #19

Funny, I didn't say the same about your nonsensical OP. eom TransitJohn Nov 2013 #22

I'll write your response for you..... Logical Nov 2013 #23

Cool! kentuck Nov 2013 #17

I don't know about that. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #20