Apollo 17 lift-off

Apollo 17 lift-off from pad 39A.It was the first night launch and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. 7 December 1972.

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[TroyLindley]

I think it is high time for man to return to the moon.

We've been away long enough. New manned moon missions will inspire an entire new generation.

[FrioFrijoles]

My father was at this launch. He was born just before Sputnik, and was a big space enthusiast when he was a kid.

One day I hope to interview him at one of those StoryCorps booths so my children and theirs can hear it in his words.

Humanity must return to the moon. As the plaque on the Eagle reads: "For all Mankind"

[nunchuckerz]

watching one of these go up would be on my all time bucket list, if i had a time machine

[mapukmapuk]

next rocket engine generation is plasma fuel

[Mozart1220]

@datzfast Really? That's where you go? I don't work for NASA, and NASA isn't "over". They just don't NEED the 30 year old shuttles anymore now that the ISS is done, and given their limited budget, they can't move forward and keep the Shuttles going at the same time. I was trying to keep a positive attitude with you. Where do you get your negative one? Who pissed in your Cheerios? You said you were a space freak. Who stole your inspiration? That's who you should be attacking.

[datzfast]

@Mozart1220 its over for NASA. sorry you lost your job

[Mozart1220]

@datzfast Well, if you mean we got somethng important and positive for the money, I would say yes we did. But you can't put a price on inspiration, and that alone is worth ten times what we paid. We put so much more money into new and better ways to kill each other, and mere pennies reletively speaking on positive ventures.

[datzfast]

@Mozart1220 i wouldn't want to put a suggestion into your head, the space race has been won by the tax payer.

[Mozart1220]

@datzfast Really? Is that where you are going? I make reasonable, intelligent statement and you suggest "shooting old people"? Wow.

[datzfast]

@Mozart1220 the tea party believe this government is bad. cooperation are good and they are. vote for the interest of workers, we need to reward politicians that agree and thats what is happening. the future looks very good. yes very good indeed.

[Mozart1220]

@datzfast The tea party is against taxing the rich, because they have been brainwashed into believing that ALL government is bad, and that corporatins are GOOD. They vote against their own best interest because Fox news has convinced them to do so. In the 50's under Eisenhower (Republican) the highest tax rate was in the 90+ % range. Guess what? PROSPERITY. We need to punish greed, not reward it. Remeber when greed was one of the "seven deadly sins"?

[datzfast]

@Mozart1220 tax increases to the wealthy are imediatly passed to the middle class wage earner, that why we have the tea party that is against taxing the rich. either you know this already or you didnt know it. i think all liberals belive the ignorat should pay taxes out the wazoo. and so do you.