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mahatmakanejeeves

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3. So cool! The projection of the #Apollo11 rocket is up on the Washington Monument!

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Wed Jul 17, 2019, 11:17 AM

Jul 2019

Liz Mair Retweeted

So cool! The projection of the #Apollo11 rocket is up on the Washington Monument! We’re live with more on how DC is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on @fox5dc at 10&11!

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And since it's the internet, an idiot showed up in no time at all:

It’s scientifically impossible today.. and probably 50y from now. 237,000mi and back through radiation 100x that of Chernobyl even though we can only go 200mi today? It’s Santa Claus for dumb adults.

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a 363-foot, life-sized rocket [View all] elleng Jul 2019 OP

That's pretty bad-ass... ADX Jul 2019 #1

Yes! elleng Jul 2019 #2

So cool! The projection of the #Apollo11 rocket is up on the Washington Monument! mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 #3