Was the goal here to write an informative vanity post, or just to take snarky potshots at “some freepers?” The post would have been better without the latter.
Free Republic would be better without certain flat earth/space-denying freepers who feel it is necessary to harass various articles about space.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3645098/posts?page=36#36
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3645098/posts?page=38#38
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3646023/posts?page=7#7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3645098/posts?page=12#12
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3635296/posts?page=29#29
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3635046/posts?page=6#6
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3630040/posts?page=33#33
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3643469/posts?page=63#63
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3643469/posts?page=17#17
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3635296/posts?page=64#64
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3635296/posts?page=63#63
If they don’t want potshots taken at them, they are free to leave the subject alone.