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Fact or Fiction – First Man and Neil Armstrong

First Man is a surprising film. It’s surprisingly devoid of excitement, I mean. Instead of a rousing tale of man’s journey to the moon, it focuses narrowly on life through the eyes of the taciturn and insular Neil Armstrong. He’s a strange choice to be awarded the honor of the first person to set foot […]
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Movie Review – First Man

  First Man is a thoughtfully crafted, well-made film that a lot of reviewers seemed to love. Ryan Gosling definitely dove into the part. The nostalgia of returning to the 1960s was neat, and the scenes in actual space were close to brilliant at times.  It felt like being there, as the Saturn V thundered […]
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First Man Opinion — Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

When I was in college, I worked at the United States Space Academy. It was an amazing experience. I grew up fascinated with space and science. I literally cried when my parents dragged me out of the Space and Rocket Center after our first, and only, visit. Years later, when I got to work there, […]
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Apollo 11 Trivia Quiz

Do you have what it takes to suit up? Take the Apollo 11/Lunar history quiz, and learn some great trivia about  mankind’s first trip to the moon, and the astronauts who made that historic journey in 1969. (Ten questions) [quiz-cat id=”10412″] Dan GardnerCreator and developer of the RunPee app. When something doesn’t work right in […]
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Where’s the American Flag in First Man?

Much ado has been made about the omission of the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag on the moon in the movie First Man. So what’s the deal? Here’s what the director had to say about this decision: “It surprised me because there are so many things that we weren’t able […]
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