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50 years ago today, the United States accomplished something HUGE that just 7 years prior was only a vision laid out in a speech by President John F. Kennedy *at a time when the technology to get to the Moon didn't even exist yet!*
That didn't stop us! #Apollo50th
That didn't stop us! #Apollo50th
With fearlessness, we pressed through the challenge & marshaled the courage, brainpower, & resources to get the job done.
Thank you to the folks at @NASA & @NASA_Johnson for the amazing work you do each & every day. Shout-out to all of you that live in #TX10!
#Apollo50th
Thank you to the folks at @NASA & @NASA_Johnson for the amazing work you do each & every day. Shout-out to all of you that live in #TX10!
#Apollo50th
@NASA @NASA_Johnson As we stand on the shoulders of giants like Armstrong, Aldrin, & Collins, we must recognize the work of @NASAClimate as we boldly take on the #ClimateCrisis; the greatest challenge we currently face as a species.
We must take #OneGiantLeap for a #GreenNewDeal! #Apollo50th
We must take #OneGiantLeap for a #GreenNewDeal! #Apollo50th
Landing on the Moon was the opposite of useless. @mattyglesias lives in the world Apollo created. That's not hyperbole, it's the overlooked reality. Going to the Moon didn't create the 'space age' we imagined. It did something better: It laid the foundation of the digital age. 1/
(thread) The idea that going to the Moon was expensive, a big show that led nowhere, gave us nothing but Tang and Velcro — that's all silliness, even if it is the conventional wisdom. We misunderstand Apollo, almost completely.
2/ In terms of cost, Apollo was pretty cheap for what we got: In actual dollars spend, in the years they were spend, the total is $19 billion. There were two years — two individual years! — in which Vietnam cost more than $19 billion, each of those years.
