SPRINGFIELD

Yeah, and when you sit back and think about it..........man, that was awesome. From the birth of flight to man on the moon was something like 60 years. You'd think we'd have a colony on Mars by now at that rate. But the cold war kind or re-aligned our priorities, I think.

Cookie

It WAS awesome, especially when you consider it happened back in the 60's. Before home computers, cell phones, fax machines, and CD's.

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The_Heretic

You're assuming NASA Mission Control wold be that foresightful and prepared.

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The_Heretic

Back when they took spaceflight seriously- or... mostly seriously anyway.

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You won't fight for the Bill of Right? Fine! I won't fight for you in the ballot box!

jowey

LSD and grass fueled the leaps of creativity in that era. Now it is all bad. I remember back then when they considered their fathers and mothers backwards. This generation, the baby boomers give whole new meaning to "backwards".

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Dianekkdi

This could be really cool!

Anybody know what time on January 30th?

Anybody ever read Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, copyright 1977?

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jowey

I knew I missed one of Niven's books, think I bought it before I went in the Corps, do not think I read it, but it is floating around somewhere, just went through my collections (without going into the second layer of books)...... Liked his Ringworld with Luis Wu and Teela... (the lucky girl)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer's_Hammer

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Dianekkdi

If you like the authors, you'll definitely like this one. I've read it twice now. I lost my original copy from 1978. I was able to hunt down a new copy around 1995 and read it again then. It is off my allowed to borrow list. I don't think I've read it three times, but I'm old now and it is difficult to recall such things.

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Reinvestigate 9/11
Impeach......Prosecute......Imprison

"...The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed...."
--Thomas Jefferson

jowey

Niven was great, recently I read "The Gripping Hand" and had problems getting through it, kind of upset me because I remember liking "The Mote in God's Eye". I have the Hammer floating around somewhere, I have seen it.....

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kblair7

Like edward james olmos? Or the moon?