And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
They were triumphs indeed. And history will echo their bravery and accomplishments. To the Moon and back with computing power roughly equivalent to a cell phone.
"I'm with you L.E.M, Though it's a shame that it had to be you, The mother ship, Is just a blip from your trip made for two, I'm with you boys, So please employ just a little extra care, It's on my mind, I'm left behind when I should have been there, Walking with you..." -Jethro Tull, "For Michael Collins Jeffrey and Me"
They were triumphs indeed. And history will echo their bravery and accomplishments. To the Moon and back with computing power roughly equivalent to a cell phone.
ReplyDelete"I'm with you L.E.M, Though it's a shame that it had to be you,
ReplyDeleteThe mother ship, Is just a blip from your trip made for two,
I'm with you boys, So please employ just a little extra care,
It's on my mind, I'm left behind when I should have been there,
Walking with you..."
-Jethro Tull, "For Michael Collins Jeffrey and Me"
and then we lost interest...
ReplyDeleteLooks like a soda bottle headed for a landing.
ReplyDeleteThe wife and I went to see Apollo 11 at the IMAX yesterday. Very good.
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