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by TMWNN 2y ago
I learned about this from Reddit <https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1daolaw/rip_bill_anders/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1daolaw/rip_bill_and...>. Title edited by me from "WA" to "Washington State".
Besides making history as the first human expedition to the Moon, Apollo 8 produced not one, but two future CEOs of Fortune 500 companies: Anders (General Dynamics) and Frank Borman (Eastern Airlines). Jim Lovell "merely" survived Apollo 13.
- rconti 2y agoAs a WA native: happy for the edit of the ambiguous and US-centric acronym WA -> Washington. Also as a WA native: screw those DC assholes, why are we the only state that have to append "state" to our name?
- lamontcg 2y agoThen sometimes Western Australia pops up randomly.
- defrost 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6kTOVW7CXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6kTOVW7CXk
- pcl 2y agoWell, at least you get representation in Congress!
- mannykannot 2y agoNew York calling... Disambiguation is sometimes necessary and, a bit more often, just a good idea.
- acheron 2y agoShould have picked a different name then, Washington DC had already been around for a century. (Also, New York has to append “state” too.)