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RKP5637

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8. Sometimes I get this uneasy feeling that the best times are an

Reply to earthside (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 01:34 PM

Jul 2012

exception and not the norm. The US continues to slide downward in rankings with other industrialized nations and I get this feeling we are not near the bottom.

It took the Great Depression to move American forward, it took Sputnik to shake America into moving ahead with the space program in a serious way. It seems great strides forward do not happen without some major event. I often wonder what the next major event might be.

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43 Years ago today, we created a symbol that anything was possible [View all] JHB Jul 2012 OP

"The government" did Apollo 11. I thought "government" The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #1

Think of all the technology we gained. SoutherDem Jul 2012 #6

Yep, it used to be about what we can do, "together," now, it's about RKP5637 Jul 2012 #2

Well, that is sad, too. earthside Jul 2012 #3

Sometimes I get this uneasy feeling that the best times are an RKP5637 Jul 2012 #8

Sad that people don't remember that today 43 years ago humans walked on the moon SoutherDem Jul 2012 #4

Great Post GObamaGO Jul 2012 #5

There was a time when people did things like AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #7

Same here, it's not remotely the America I grew up in and was proud of. Many RKP5637 Jul 2012 #9

space exploration has been privatized too. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #14

"the United States, which currently has no means of independently reaching space" HiPointDem Jul 2012 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #18

defunding will do that. and the defunding has been the result of the transfer of national income HiPointDem Jul 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #20

we did great things. TeamPooka Jul 2012 #11

Was about to post on this, I am watching a DVD on the landing. edbermac Jul 2012 #12

One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. madinmaryland Jul 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #15

I have attached a video clip of the event... madinmaryland Jul 2012 #16