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MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 19 Jul 19

It’s Friday night and my husband is relaxing in front of a movie. He has a few favourites that he has watched many, many times over the years. Some of his favourites are seasonal movies. Every year during the Thanksgiving...

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Russia launches rocket to explore Mars' moon: The start of a new space race?

rivengodwind @rivengodwind (369) • Philippines 9 Nov 11

Just got wind of the news. At 12:16am Moscow time, the Phonos-Grunt spacecraft was launched in Kazahkstan. This is an unmanned mission that was designed not only to collect space rocks/debris on the surface of Phobos, but also to...

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'Large amounts' of water on Moon

MJay101 @MJay101 (710) 13 Nov 09

What do MyLotters think of the news story that NASA has found water on the moon? "The space agency smashed a rocket and probe into a large crater at the lunar south pole, hoping to kick up ice. Scientists who have studied...

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If The Cold War Didn't End Would The General Public Have Internet Access?

elmiko @elmiko (6630) • United States 8 Dec 08

I was just thinking about this recently that after the Berlin Wall fell and Russia stopped being Communist that the internet was availible to the public the next year. I think the internet was first accessible to the public in...

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Did Man really landed on MOON ?

coolmailraj @coolmailraj (2459) • India 28 Nov 08

Did man really land on moon? I want to believe it bu then ... there is something called the radition belt just after you cross the orbit between moon and the earth, no man can live in that environmental situation. I have seen...

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Is space race the biggest money waster?

coly20032003 @coly20032003 (428) • China 20 Nov 08

Do you agree or disagree with the following point of view?The space race between nations is the world's biggest money waster and goverment should stop wasting money on exploring outer space.

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do you think we have really landed on the moon?

pukaprat2 @pukaprat2 (442) • United States 8 Aug 08

well what do you think? there are those out there who will point out flaws in the photos that were taken from the surface of the moon then you have those that were there when they showed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Alrend bouncing...

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We have ever landed on the moon, or not?

Kentbush18 @Kentbush18 (202) • China 13 Mar 08

In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man ever landed on the moon, and won America enormously great glory in the space race against USSR. But later, as the photos taken on the surface of moon were revealed by the NASA,...

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U.S.'s Space Race Future Slowly Unveiled

theprogamer @theprogamer (10532) • United States 22 Dec 07

Yes its me again! I found one other item I wanted to share and talk about. This one I couldn't skip up because I'm a science and space fan (should be obvious to friends that have gotten to know...

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Asian Space Race

attypulpol @attypulpol (26) • Philippines 15 Nov 07

There is an ongoing space race involving Asian countries (Japan and China). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) had just taken the world's first high definition image of the earth rising from the moon. Japan and China...

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History of artificial satellites

hendraktp @hendraktp (150) • Indonesia 19 Jun 07

Soviet Union The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. This triggered the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States. United States In May, 1946, Project...

Apollo 13 and From The Earth To The Moon

DarlingGirl @DarlingGirl (745) • United States 26 May 07

You can't get much better than "Apollo 13" for a good historical and somewhat melodramatic account of the Apollo 13 program. I was amazed, overjoyed, and proud to see some of my favorite actors portraying my favorite astronauts...

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Government Spending Habits

Silencio Barnes @silenciobarnes (249) • United States 6 Apr 07

How come money is being spent on space exploration when it could be put to good use right here on Earth?I know that there are a lot of private funders, and for them, it's alright. They can do whatever they want with their money....

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Who Owns The Moon? Lets Fight For It!

Brentsky @Brentsky (164) • United States 12 Jan 07

So I watched a thing the other day about how the next great war will be over the moon. Well maybe not the exact next war, seeing how things in the middle east are going, but it will be a problem in the future. Multiple countries...

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Man on the moon

nickventere @nickventere (1420) • Zambia 23 Dec 06

Is it really true Neil Armstrong and company set foot on the moon? Or was it just some hype to put the US ahead of the Soviets n the space race?

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chikaodinaka @chikaodinaka (36) • Nigeria 1 Dec 06

Before the European colonization of the Americas, a process that began at the end of the 15th century, the present-day continental U.S. was inhabited exclusively by various indigenous tribes, including Alaskan Natives, who arrived...

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"DID WE REALLY LAND ON THE MOON?"

UPLANA @UPLANA (3159) • India 21 Nov 06

Do you think the Moon landings took place? Or was the whole event faked by the US as a propaganda exercise? During the 60s, a 'space race' raged between the US and Russia. But there was also another struggle happening - the...

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