Re: “ . . . 4 days later John Glenn would step onto the only other planet . . .”
Say, What?! John Glenn? Planet?
Idiot.
The left and libs can gripe and moan all they want want about it was all white men, etc etc. But no one can detract from this momentous technological, engineering, and yes human achievement. It shows what can be accomplished when a goal is set and all work towards it. Bravo to everyone who worked in the space program from Mercury to Apollo, whether flying in a spacecraft or just a lowly solderer in the Grumman plant.
Nobody Wants to go to The Moon Anymore~ Damon Bramblet
https://youtu.be/oRt6w4oRw0I
There are a few things about the moon I can’t figure out...
For one, the moon is moving away from Earth about an inch a year... seems like it should have been long gone, far, far away by now -not talking human times here, we’re talking a WHOLE LOTTA years!
Another is that the moon is EXACTLY the distance it needs to be in to give us two astronomical events that can stun you - eclipses - both total eclipses, and annular eclipses.
I watched the total eclipse from near Eugene Oregon in 2017 and plan on going to the next one in a few years!
John Glenn wasn’t on Apollo 11. That was Neil Armstrong.
We landed on the moon?
Cue the Lloyd Christmas picture.
Haven’t see that one posted yet.
I’m watching The Right Stuff tonight, I never saw it before. I looked up Chuck Yeager and that guy is still alive at 96!
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Fantastic rebroadcast of live footage from news networks ( on CNN and CSPAN). Was afraid they would provide leftist commentary but its not- just straight footage and commentary from those days. So exciting. Makes me so incredibly proud & brings tears even watching it 50 years later. We were and still are the greatest nation in the world.