[lormand]

All, and I mean, ALL of the black kids in my Houston Texas 5th grade class at the time said it was fake.

[isthisnickcool]

The US can do anything. Or, we used to be able to before we became a racist, gun toting, praying society run by a bi-sexual kind of mocca guy with dyed hair from another country.

[ssaftler]

Great stuff. In spite of Opie’s ham-handed treatment of Grumman, “Apollo 13” remains one of my favorite movies. For those of us astro-junkies from that time, I highly recommend Gene Kranz’s book “Failure Is Not an Option” which recounts the early days of NASA from the pre-Mercury days through the Apollo missions.

You might also want to read Borman’s account of the Apollo 13 mission. I believe the book is called “Lost Moon”, and can be found on Amazon.com

[oh8eleven]

I'll bet the ball is still going ...

[Dixie Yooper]

NASA’s newest mission, “Building Muslim Self-Esteem” is much more challenging than anything the Apollo Program ever took on...and it will cost us every bit of national pride we earned and money we spent on all of NASA’s achievements to date.

[kevao]

Also this month, the 25 year anniversary of Voyager 2’s encounter with Uranus:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2662489/posts

Ever wonder what Uranus looks like? Well, you can view photos of Uranus here:

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=voyager+uranus+photos&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=hTY_TZDZEsfZgAfN4Ln8Ag&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB8QsAQwAA&biw=1024&bih=611

[YankeeReb]

The good old days before NASA’s mission was to make muslims feel good about their contributions to space exploration.

[jimt]

Great post ! Thanks !

[jnsun]

Great post; and all before there was even a thought of a US Dept of Education.

Thank you.

[KevinDavis]

I was 2 years old when it happened..

[dragnet2]

Applause!

Great story of the Apollo 14 mission and those very brave American explorers.

Thanks for the heads up on this.