nPosted on July 20, 2019
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nHalf a century since humans first landed on the Moon!
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nThat’s…astonishing to those of us who actually remember it. It still seems…so modern, so current, so cutting-edge of human exploration. I guess because, in the past 50 years, nobody’s really topped it.
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nThere have been – so far – zero humans landing on Mars, for example.
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Neil Armstrong talked about a “giant leap” for humanity…but of course it was the 1960s (and, back then, the U.S. hadn’t even had a single female astronaut!), and we hadn’t done much in the way of getting rid of sexist language at that point…
Neil Armstrong talked about a “giant leap” for humanity…but of course it was the 1960s (and, back then, the U.S. hadn’t even had a single female astronaut!), and we hadn’t done much in the way of getting rid of sexist language at that point…n
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n…So Armstrong called it a giant leap for mankind.
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nAt any rate, while we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, we should reignite our spirit of adventure and get excited about new explorations for humankind!
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nLook up local events to celebrate Apollo 50th! This article talks about some celebrations in my neck of the woods (not just Los Angeles, but all over “the West”).
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nNASA has Apollo50th television programming and events listed here.
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nNASA has Apollo50th television programming and events listed here.
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nMars One is a private effort with the goal of starting a colony on Mars. Check it out!
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nElon Musk has ambitious plans for SpaceX, including settling Mars and even terraforming it (changing the planet’s atmosphere to make it livable for humans without domes or spacesuits.
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| Could we make Mars look like this someday? If so, should we? |
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nAlso on this date:
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nIndependence Day in Columbia
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nnWriter Petrarch’s birthday
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nMoon Day (here and here)
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n“Peace and Freedom” Day in North Cyprus
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nA Name Day in Bulgaria
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nnInternational Cake Day
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nRobin Hood Festival
(Third weekend in July)
(Third weekend in July)
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nWorld Jump Day Anniversary
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nnWoodie Wagon Day
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n(Third Saturday of July)
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest boards for:
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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