This, @nytimes, is how you write an Apollo 11 headline....

[Playinghardball]

Lachlan Markay @lachlan
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This, @nytimes, is how you write an Apollo 11 headline
9:13 AM - 21 Jul 2014

Found on the Obama Diary

[Galileo126]

1. This is my favorite Onion piece

"Holy...living...fuck.....FUCK!"

I remember that day, watching on TV. I was only 3 yrs old, but if I could say the words at that time, it would be:

HOLY FUCK! We're on the fucking MOON! FUCKITY fuck fuck!

[awoke_in_2003]

5. This is my favorite Onion piece...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/shirtless-biden-washes-trans-am-in-white-house-dri,2718/

[randys1]

2. No shit, not just holy fuck, but can you IMAGINE trying to accomplish this now with teaparty morons?

[enlightenment]

3. Wouldn't happen.

But then, it wasn't the tea party that destroyed the US manned exploratory space program.

That was the earlier Congresses and the decision to build the space shuttle. I agree with this author:

http://www.technologyreview.com/article/424586/was-the-space-shuttle-a-mistake/

Now it's all about unmanned vehicles and commercial companies vying for tourist dollars. The "Space Age" gave us hope and dreams, which is something we sorely lack today.

[IDemo]

4. The handguns on board the lunar module would present a threat to its integrity n/t