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Margatron
07/16/09

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This site is so exciting, I'm leaving it running all day. I really hope they do exactly the same thing for the Apollo 13 anniversary. Now there's an edge-of-your-seat live feed!
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yelraf
07/16/09

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Ya know, we've become a little jaded over the years...watching the shuttle take off four or five times a year, or so. It's small, it's fast and it's gone. I'd forgotten exactly how much of a friggin' beast the Saturn V was and how slow it was to climb into the sky. This video says it all (quality could be better, but content is about the best I've ever seen). I got a lump in my throat watching it, thinking about where those guys were going and why.
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KesMonkey
07/16/09

@yelraf: Saturn V, Space Shuttle, Ares I, Ares V, and Ares IV. The Saturn was indeed huge. I had no idea that Ares IV & V were similarly massive!
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strider_mt2k
07/16/09

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To slip the surly bonds of Earth...

-and have it squandered by greed, mismanagement and political wrangling.

I believe it is man's destiny to spread out into the universe, but sadly it won't be in my lifetime.

My hope of seeing THAT get in stride had pretty much been destroyed with one exception:

Scaled Composites
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NurseDave
07/16/09

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Well that was pretty lame after all the build-up
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Hank Scorpio
07/16/09

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I lost audio with about a little over a minute left. When I refreshed, it said it was over capacity. I refreshed again, and the audio had jumped back to T-30 minutes. Watching the liftoff animation w/o the audio wasn't nearly as exciting.

:-(
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
07/16/09

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Apparently there will be a press release by NASA at 11 am and they are releasing a remastered version of the moon landing at that time. That should be pretty sweet.
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SysRq
07/16/09

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I love that latest tweet from @AP11_SPACECRAFT: Last breakfast on Earth for a while. Eggs and steak.
http://twitter.com/AP11_SPACECRAFT/status/2667899055
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Malevol3nt
07/16/09

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This is so unbelievably cool. I always wanted to experience the real thing, but this "live recreation" is awesome enough.

I'm excited I'm excited I'm excited I'm excited I'm excited !!

Please, no spoilers. :p
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darway
07/16/09

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I've been at that site for the past 40 minutes. Super excited!
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JillianCardinal
07/16/09

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as real as it was 40 years ago...
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beamin445
07/16/09

@JillianCardinal: i HOPE this is a joke
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Homerjay is utterly alone.
07/14/09

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Okay, someone please help me clear this up. Within the speech is the famous line: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things..."

What OTHER THINGS is he referring to?
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OMG! Ponies!
07/14/09

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Yes, Jesus, they do write them like that still.

Ted Sorensen helped write this speech; he also served as a speechwriter on the Obama campaign.
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Pope John Peeps II
07/14/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Obviously not enough, as Obama's speeches never reached this level of rhetorical niceness.
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Jesus Diaz
07/14/09

@OMG! Ponies!: He may be writing, but it's not like that anymore. The content, the sense of weight, of reality, is gone. Roosevelt, Churchill, Ike, JFK... the times of grave danger and clear objectives are all gone.

Now there's grave danger too, but nothing is clear, all feels like a reality show, a TV drama. Now everything in politics seems empty, except when you are watching West Wing re-runs. Actually, if there's anyone who reached the level of times gone by, that was Aaron Sorkin. It's sad to acknowledge that he was writing fiction.
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/14/09

@Pope John Peeps II: To be fair, Obama has to deal with more grounded issues, like the economy. It's easier to give an inspiring speech when you're talking about space exploration, which for whatever reason, people thought was important in the 1960s.
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Killjoy
07/14/09

@Jesus Diaz: "Now there's grave danger too, but nothing is clear, all feels like a reality show, a TV drama."

I think that's Jon Favreau's influence. He's trying to speak to the people and they respond to TV drama stimulus very well, so he uses that.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/14/09

@Jesus Diaz: Unfortunately these days our government does things...not to show the greatness of our country and its minds as were the days of old, but to get re-elected.

People couldn't understand why I was so absolutely furious when Obama was proposing to cut NASA's funding. I was very glad to hear him reverse his position. I would have hated to vote McCain just to support my love of science and even more my love of discovery.

Now I just watch politics and look for the slanted keywords, the subtle changes in language to keep people from being outraged at how badly they are being screwed on a daily basis by the government and corporations at large.
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Pope John Peeps II
07/14/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: It's not a matter of content. From a simple point of view of use of language, and writing skill that speech was far superior to anything Obama's main writing team, and main writer John Favreau (not that Favreau) has produced. Maybe it's that Obama's speechwriter was 27 years old, and not really mature or experienced enough to produce beautiful writing.

Maybe it's a generational thing - maybe our generation really doesn't respond anymore to amazing rhetoric. I think of the political speeches I've heard in my life, and they all pale to what's been said years ago. Oratory just doesn't exist anymore.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/14/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I tried explaining that to the Director of White House Affairs when I applied for the position of assistant speechwriter, I was advised that while my faculty with profanity is both exemplary and profoundly disturbing, that my generosity with descriptors of the female anatomy could lead to international incidents or widespread civilian unrest at home.

Rahm Emmanuel has me in his Rolodex in case he ever needs a synonym for smegma.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/14/09

@OMG! Ponies!: A synonym for Smegma?

I thought they were using the word Cheney for that these days.
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Jim Topoleski
07/14/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: "People couldn't understand why I was so absolutely furious when Obama was proposing to cut NASA's funding. I was very glad to hear him reverse his position. I would have hated to vote McCain just to support my love of science and even more my love of discovery."

You really didint understand what Obama was saying if you thought he was cutting funding for NASA, or that he reversed the decision since he did neither.

He was re-evaluating MANNED exploration, a very legitimate line of reasoning in my opinion given the little scientific benefit of manned spaceflight with our current technology, as well as the high cost in money and human life.

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Hello Mister Walrus
07/14/09

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I just saw "Moon" - the movie with Sam Rockwell.

On an unrelated note, I choose you, Pikachu.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
07/14/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: I fail to see the disconnect between your two statements.
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Pope John Peeps II
07/14/09

@DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I always assumed Sam Rockwell lived in a tiny ball. Is that wrong?
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Nick
07/14/09

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somewhere at home my dad has a tape of the first transmission from the moon. you know, the one about steps and stuff.

giz is making all my dad's old stuff cool again.
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alexvanduyn
07/14/09

@Nick: Where's your star dude? Giz needs to give it back!
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/14/09

@alexvanduyn: No clue man, more than a few of us had stars disappear yesterday without really any explanation or... Well much of anything.
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Sticks Calhoun
07/14/09

@Nick: What was it recorded on? Some kind of wacky reel-to-reel thing?
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Pope John Peeps II
07/14/09

@Sticks Calhoun: Photographs printed on genuine Hippie skin.
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