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Manned Space Flight – Is it even on your radar?
During the glory days of NASA, between President Kennedy’s great 1961 proclamation committing the United States to going to the Moon within a decade, and Apollo 11 landing on the Moon in July 1969, there were three great space programs: Mercury , Gemini and Apollo . Each manned rocket launch ...
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2009 Hawthorn Moon
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Jones to follow Moon with $25m UK-German co-production | News
screendaily.com — Speaking to Screendaily.com about the budget, Jones said: “it will definitely be bigger than Moon , probably... something up to $25 million.” While he didn’t want to give too much away, he did say: “ Moon is about alienation and isolation. The next one ... (more) Jones to follow Moon with $25m UK-German co-production | ...
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SF Tidbits for 6/23/09
SF Signal — ... James Wallace Harris asks: Is manned spaceflight even on your radar? "And when was the last time you took off from school or work to spend the day watching television of a space mission?" ...

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