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Study: Apollo Moon Rocks Contained Water All Along
By David Knowles - AOL News(March 14) -- Who says you can't get water from a stone? According to new research, evidence that water exists on the moon is contained within rocks brought back from the Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. That finding comes just months after NASA, in an attempt to prove the existence of water on our nearest celestial neighbor, crashed a rocket into the moon, capturing what the agency said was clear imagery of water vapor amid a cloud of dust. So why didn't scientists notice that the rocks astronauts had collected from the surface of the moon more than three decades ago bore traces of ...
Nixon's Speech Was Ready in Case of Apollo Disaster
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyForty years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. But their success was not preordained. In fact, Nixon speechwriter William Safire (on the advice of astronaut Frank Borman) prepared the following words for Nixon to deliver in the event of a disaster that might strand Armstrong and Aldrin on the lunar surface: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that ...
One Small Step for Science, One Giant Leap Away From Celebrity
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThursday is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 to the moon, where astronaut Neil Armstrong famously took a giant leap for mankind (that's us, too, ladies!) and a small step for man (just you fellows that time.) How to celebrate this? Well, you could read up on the history of space travel! You could watch old footage of the moon landing! You could get some cardboard boxes, markers and tin foil and build an Apollo 11 replica of your own! Or, you could sweep up clippings of Neil Armstrong's hair into a little plastic bag and dig up his voided checks to be sold to the highest bidder! ...
Apollo 11 and September 11: The Power of Symbols
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyTwice in my lifetime the world stopped to watch a single event on TV: On July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. And on Sept. 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers fell. There's one ironic connection: Both were the product of metal and fuel, technology in the service of human will. But a specific dissonance is even more striking. ...
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