I think I'd argue that the peak of Western Civilization was April 17, 1970, when Apollo 13 returned safely. It showed what those folks did when all the shit went wrong.
That was high drama, and showed what kind of a people we were.
But it was not any sort of peak of Western civilization, anymore than was the Alamo. Failing valiantly is still failing, at the end of the day. Sorry, but no.
Not counting the news outlets or websites along the full range of accuracy and veracity, I follow multiple actual individuals' handwritten blogs. (Bot news aggregators don't thrill me.) Looking them over, many are current serving or former military and a couple are some variation of high-speed low-drag elite forces ninjas. Or just funny as all. Because life without humor is just despair. So in other words, the same folks I trusted in the military not to wet the bed, sh*t themselves, or otherwise run around like headless Nancys, are the same folks I trust on the interwebz, for demonstrating pretty much the same trustworthiness and circumspectly responsible behavior. Color me shocked.
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with slide rules...
And, military.
They'll never take Tranquility from us.
...and generally in hexadecimal and assembler...
Many of whom, are 50 and older
I think I'd argue that the peak of Western Civilization was April 17, 1970, when Apollo 13 returned safely. It showed what those folks did when all the shit went wrong.
That was high drama, and showed what kind of a people we were.
But it was not any sort of peak of Western civilization, anymore than was the Alamo.
Failing valiantly is still failing, at the end of the day.
Sorry, but no.
To all the 'never been to the moon' crowd..... Sorry we were there. Even our enemies acknowledge as such.
https://www.space.com/26591-apollo-11-landing-site-nasa-video.html
Scientists regularly bounce lasers off the target reflector that is positioned there.
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