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Helen Borg

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3. Imagine if...

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 02:01 PM

Jul 2014

Back in '69 we had found that there were some lunar natives. My bet is that we would have colonized the moon and by now we would have moon bases. What think?

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Here men from the planet Earth.... [View all] lastlib Jul 2014 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #1

I love this picture... MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #2

I wonder if we will ever have any moments like that again after seeing shuttle fly over yurbud Jul 2014 #8

Actually, we're wasting time listening to Republicans claiming, "We're broke." Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #20

that too. When they say "we're broke" they mean "we want middle and working class Americans to be yurbud Jul 2014 #21

They want America to look like Detroit and then blame the black guy.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #25

They used to call that the Snoopy cap. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #18

Imagine if... Helen Borg Jul 2014 #3

We would have genocided them for their natural resources. PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #4

Probably... Helen Borg Jul 2014 #5

imminent domain unionthug777 Jul 2014 #11

you beat me to it. yurbud Jul 2014 #22

the "lunar natives" heaven05 Jul 2014 #16

We could see it, then. Just over the horizon. TygrBright Jul 2014 #6

I remember a headline: "Apollo 11 Streaks Toward Moon as Earth Watches!" NBachers Jul 2014 #7

It takes a lot to kill a great dream. mbperrin Jul 2014 #9

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #10

Should've had JFKs name on the plaque on it, not Nixon's rickyhall Jul 2014 #12

I agree! Nixon's signature is kind of like a stain on it. lastlib Jul 2014 #13

Hey, take it easy on Judas. Iggo Jul 2014 #15

Exactly rickyhall Jul 2014 #26

Nixon was't the one saying "I'm not that interested in space" and meaning it nt MisterP Jul 2014 #14

oh H2O Man Jul 2014 #17

it's really Charles Stark Draper's baby MisterP Jul 2014 #19

Thank you! What a year that was! freshwest Jul 2014 #23

A live concert in tribute to the space program years later: freshwest Jul 2014 #24