Saturday, July 11, 2009

40th Anniversary...Maybe Obama will let us go back.


NEIL ARMSTONG PLANTS FLAG
ON THE MOON.











"We choose to go the moon. Not because they are easy...

AND NOW A X-MAS CAROL FOR MANNED SPACE FLIGHT

Mon Jul 20, 2009 at 05:57:05 PM PDT

Imagine, if you will, that Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has been adapted into an allegory about NASA. Follow Senator Ebenezer Scrooge (R - Alabama) as he is taken on a magical journey through time and space, witnessing events as they occurred, are occuring, and will occur if the status quo continues.

"Good morning, Senator Scrooge!" Senate staffer Bob Cratchit was already hard at work at his desk, having arrived hours before anyone else to get a leg-up on the day. The Senator's perennial scowl did not lighten for a moment, nor his head incline even the slightest toward Cratchit as he replied, "And what's good about it, Cratchit? How is this day any different than any other?....

Continued...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/20/755397/-An-Apollo-Carol






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