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> The Apollo program was the triple-back-handspring exclamation mark on a century of American technological transformations, during which Americans had electrif
by breve 7mo ago
> The Apollo program was the triple-back-handspring exclamation mark on a century of American technological transformations, during which Americans had electrified their cities, filled their streets with cars and their skies with airplanes, split atoms, and invented digital computers.
And look at America now. Erratic, belligerent, applying tariffs on a whim, threatening to annex Canada and Greenland, threatening to leave NATO, alienating itself from allies.
Don't underestimate the reputational damage America has done and is still doing to itself.
- Gagarin1917 7mo agoDuring the Apollo missions, the US was melting babies in Vietnam, amongst other war crimes. Young men were being drafted, taken from home, and forced to kill people across the world. African Americans were fighting for basic rights and equality. A President, a major Presidential candidate, and the most prominent civil rights leader were all assassinated. It’s not like Apollo was happening during the golden age of America or something… If you actually do appreciate Apollo, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to appreciate Artemis.
- throw0101c 7mo agoCommentary at the time: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_on_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_on_the_Moon
- UncleMeat 7mo agoAn absolute classic.
- JohnTHaller 7mo agoDon't forget blowing up boats we think might be drugs and then purposely killing the survivors on the orders of the self-proclaimed US Secretary of War. "no quarter, no mercy"
- vkou 7mo ago> "no quarter, no mercy" Which is exactly how him and his friends should be dealt with by the courts.