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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 25 Aug 2012

    Apollo 11, July 1969. No other act of human exploration ever laid a plaque saying "We Come In Peace For All Mankind"

    2:29 PM - 25 Aug 2012
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      2. NASA Watch‏ @NASAWatch 25 Aug 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Um, you did see the Pioneer and Voyager plaques, right?

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      3. Space Archaeology‏ @spacearcheology 25 Aug 2012
        Replying to @NASAWatch

        @NASAWatch if you take @neiltyson's tweet literally, it's true

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      1. Sean Quinn‏ @nachofiesta 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. That's what I told my last girlfriend during acts of human exploration.

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      1. Museum Nerd, The‏ @museumnerd 27 Aug 2012
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        In August, @AMNH has only retweeted @StartingPtCNN, @Gizmodo, @BoraZ @LouWoodley, and a personal hero --> @neiltyson. #GoodCompany :D

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      1. Just Insane.‏ @JVGray 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Yes, that plaque usually says, "we've come for your stuff, please stand aside".

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      1. Peter's New Jobs‏ @PetersNewJobs 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Somewhat ironically near the height of the Cold War. There's always hope...

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      2. Michael B. Johnson‏ @drwave 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @sanguish All other explorations had organisms already living there...

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      3. Scott Anguish‏ @sanguish 25 Aug 2012
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        @drwave @neiltyson We lost the man, but still have his knowledge. If nothing else he game mankind that.

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      1. Suraj Biradar‏ @Suraj17O695 30 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Perhaps, the most ironic of all!

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      1. djSonryze‏ @djSonryze 27 Aug 2012
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        RT @neiltyson Apollo 11, July 1969. No other act of human exploration ever laid a plaque saying "We Come In Peace For All Mankind"

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      1. Alan Cody VanZant‏ @ACVanZant 26 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson We come in peace because there is no one to fight. If there were moon people, we would fight them.

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      1. GCAPcharlie‏ @GCAPcharlie 26 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson "came in peace" but a beautiful remembrance, thank you for posting.

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      1. jake moskowitz‏ @jakeMoskowitz 26 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Voyager 1/2?

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      1. Kevin Bradley‏ @Osaka_Starbux 26 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @willbradley I miss this sentiment.

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      1. Beate‏ @temporaryhermit 26 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Sorry, but as excited as I was back then, I saw an astronaut planting an American flag and claiming the moon.

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      1. Zag The Hallowed  🎃‏ @geoffkeene 26 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Not that there were a lot of people to harm on the moon...

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      1. G.L. Dryfoos‏ @dryfoo 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Maybe 'cuz nobody else was living there when we arrived?

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      1. Eric Peterson, HTL‏ @ChipSlap 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Isn't there one in Plymouth Rock? Oh wait, nevermind.

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      1. TWG‏ @TwGlasgow 25 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @LCFwino well, it was presumed to be unoccupied

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