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Protecting Neil's "Small Step" From Lunar Tourists
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7-27-2007 1:12 PM
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7-27-2007
1:49 PM
ColoradoRight
yes - heaven forfend that the US might be seen as doing anything directly. Like, say, spending the time, energy, wealth, and lives of its citizens to actually perform the task in the first place.
7-27-2007
11:22 PM
syncopath
Ok, let them tread wherever they want ..
&
re-member that if one wants 2reach places no one reached b4, one should walk paths no one tread ever ....
7-28-2007
2:31 PM
boniface
Yea, like we really even went to the moon!
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