To: Born to Conserve
"“We have not sent humans beyond the moon in more than 40 years,”
Did I miss something?"
Ditto. There must be a conspiracy in there somewhere - the failed secret Russian mission to Mars, etc. Or maybe Dennis Tito has been keeping time with Sheila Jackson Lee.
6 posted on
02/28/2013 3:28:47 AM PST by
Truth29
To: Truth29
I think he may have misspoke. We haven’t sent anyone further than 325 miles from Earth since 1972. This is just a little more than the distance between New Haven, CT and Washington,DC.
9 posted on
02/28/2013 4:34:01 AM PST by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: Born to Conserve
Well, technically when the Apollo’s circled the moon they had to go “beyond” it....
11 posted on
02/28/2013 5:59:35 AM PST by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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