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hfojvt

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20. when I was a kid in the 1970s

Reply to Cleita (Original post)

Mon Jan 25, 2016, 09:44 PM

Jan 2016

I used to hear "we can put a man on the moon, but we can't ...."

There seemed to be a whole bunch of things that we could not do.

These days we can't seem to get rid of our unpopular Congress. Right now I see a bunch of incumbents running unopposed, and I don't think that bodes well for November. Then again, I expect all those incumbents to win anyway, almost no matter who runs against them.

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My generation went to the moon. [View all] Cleita Jan 2016 OP

Don't you mean a soundstage that looked like the Moon? NightWatcher Jan 2016 #1

Well we have to get honest brokers in elected offices first, not Cleita Jan 2016 #2

Unforunately, that can of worms has already been opened VulgarPoet Jan 2016 #29

I agree that we need to bring them to justice. Cleita Jan 2016 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author drm604 Jan 2016 #7

Soundstage? Get serious. KamaAina Jan 2016 #34

I would recommend this MuseRider Jan 2016 #3

Great post, Cleita! K&R nt antigop Jan 2016 #4

Has any country suffered because their citizens were too educated? FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #5

Well, that was then, and now all we get told is hifiguy Jan 2016 #6

Attitude determines Altitude. Octafish Jan 2016 #19

You're remembering wrong. The Russians didn't beat us into space. That was a myth. valerief Jan 2016 #8

Hee - Hee! Yeah, That's The Ticket! ChiciB1 Jan 2016 #23

It's sad that doing here what most every other country is doing ShrimpPoboy Jan 2016 #9

+1 draa Jan 2016 #13

JFK knew that if we could do the 'impossible' like going to the moon... Octafish Jan 2016 #10

This. hifiguy Jan 2016 #11

We should return to the Moon and then go on to Mars. drm604 Jan 2016 #12

here's the nonsense this is all about MisterP Jan 2016 #14

Or this. Cleita Jan 2016 #15

Excellent! nt emsimon33 Jan 2016 #16

You said it, old timer! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #17

I heard someone say not long ago madokie Jan 2016 #18

But Don't You Remember What Was On The ChiciB1 Jan 2016 #25

when I was a kid in the 1970s hfojvt Jan 2016 #20

I was working that July day when the first landing happened... Wounded Bear Jan 2016 #21

Fortunately for Me ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #30

Hillary asked for those things from the 1% and they said "No".... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #22

I had just turned 19 when he gave that speech. zeemike Jan 2016 #24

That day was my tenth birthday - New Orleans Strong Jan 2016 #26

I wasn't born until 1980 so I wasn't alive then Victor_c3 Jan 2016 #27

Kick Little_Wing Jan 2016 #28

Going to the moon was FUCKING USELESS and a waste of money. frizzled Jan 2016 #32

Yuri Gagarin was a robot? Vinca Jan 2016 #33

He didn't go to the moon Johonny Jan 2016 #45

We are just now getting computing power to have reuseable rockets and robots. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #35

Simply not true. Russia got robots to retrieve lunar samples in 1970. frizzled Jan 2016 #37

Oh I know my history. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #38

For the cost of the dead end US manned program vastly more could've been done by robots frizzled Jan 2016 #39

Again, read some engineering books FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #41

Your post was FUCKING USELESS and a waste of time. And... ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #40

Like it or not, Russia won. We're exploring other planets with robots not humans. frizzled Jan 2016 #42

Says only you, comrade. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #44

I'd stick to the allegation too, despite having no objective sources... LanternWaste Jan 2016 #43

Great OP dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #36