Dear M�RD����� r�ff�lf�l�hW �hT:

"M�RD����� r�ff�lf�l�hW �hT" <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote in message
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Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, as Americans and the rest of the world

stood in

front of their televisions, two astronauts stepped on the moon in 1969.

Up until

then, America was putting people about 400 miles away in orbit - far away

from

the harmful Van Allen Belts. But suddenly Americans made it into outer

space -

landing and walking on the moon - 250,000 miles away, no less?

Out of nowhere?  I remember a lot of stepping stones, including trips
around the Moon and *not* landing.

And no one ever went to the New World before Columbus... Except Leif
Ericson... and the Egyptians (perhaps)... and the Chinese.

Min, you really need to get a life.

David A. Smith