“Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program”

"Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program" September 16, 2012 9:39 am TB

Today, we recall the speech John F. Kennedy made 50 years ago as the beginning of a glorious and inexorable process in which the nation united behind the goal of a manned lunar landing even as the presidency swapped between parties. Time has tidied things up.

Polls both by USA Today and Gallup have shown support for the moon landing has increased the farther we’ve gotten away from it. 77 percent of people in 1989 thought the moon landing was worth it; only 47 percent felt that way in 1979.

Of course we don't remember the opposition. by bowser 2012-09-16 13:55:57
- Hey Bowser! Look what I found! I wonder if there is any truth to this...hmmm...Here is the answer to your ... by Jody 2012-09-16 17:23:37
  - Jody, that looks a lot as if Republicans were in favor of Civil Rights. by bowser 2012-09-17 11:55:54
  - Maybe you weren't referring to *those* civil rights. by Jody 2012-09-16 17:30:11
I remember the opposition well. by ER 2012-09-16 10:16:35
- I recall my 5th grade teacher... by alcaray 2012-09-16 12:23:15
  - I remember making a similar calculation. by ER 2012-09-16 12:37:31

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