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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 20 Jul 2013

    Moon Landing: July 20, 1969. No other act of human exploration ever laid a plaque saying "We Come In Peace For All Mankind"

    7:06 AM - 20 Jul 2013
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      2. Imran Garda‏Verified account @ImranGarda 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson Albeit while the United States was carpet bombing Vietnam...

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      2. Jennifer Anne Woods‏ @StillAmJennifer 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson Maybe it's because they knew there was nobody there to take the moon away from? #msgloomytodaysorry

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      3. Unverifried Hans‏ @AtyHans 20 Jul 2013
        Replying to @StillAmJennifer

        @StillAmJennifer Came here to say the same! Love!

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      1. Martin Charlton‏ @mar10charl10 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson True, but 'We came here ASAP to get in before the Commies' doesn't have the same ring, does it?

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      1. Xy‏ @Chonnymo 28 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson @kalamahina only because there were no vast natural resources with indigenous people to displace & kill, idealism in a vacuum

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      1. Daniel Gerling‏ @danielgerling 21 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson But like many other acts of human exploration, we left a bag of poop there.

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      1. Nate‏ @Natefly 21 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson @SagDec15 It was only peaceful because there weren't any other people there to fight with.

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      1. Tardiscleaner‏ @Tardiscleaner 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson @jeffreypjacobs easy to do...there was NO LIFE on moon! Or to say..no native tribes.

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      1. Mike Constantine‏ @Moonpans 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson Here is a 360 degree drag-around panorama of the Apollo 11 landing site http://moonpans.com/vr/apollo11_lm.htm … #Apollo11

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      1. Monte Dutton‏ @MonteDutton 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson @mramerican14 We sure did tell that to the Indians a lot, though.

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      1. Safa‏ @Safa_M_M 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson Watched the landing as a 6 year old in a hotel lobby in Rome, Italy. One of the most memorable moments in my life.

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      1. Bubby Katz‏ @BubbyKatz 20 Jul 2013
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        45 years later and a generation of Trekkies is so disappointed. @neiltyson Moon Landing: July 20, 1969....

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      1. Luis Barrueto‏ @lebarrueto 20 Jul 2013
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        RT @neiltyson: Moon Landing: July 20, 1969. No other act of human exploration ever laid a plaque saying "We Come In Peace For All Mankind"

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      1. Björn Skoglund‏ @bjosk 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson To be fair, usually there's something worth fighting over when we go somewhere.

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      1. Sanders‏ @srednass 20 Jul 2013
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        RT @neiltyson: Moon Landing: July 20, 1969. No other act of human exploration ever laid a plaque saying "We Come In Peace For All Mankind"

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      1. Jason Daniels‏ @MrJasonDaniels 20 Jul 2013
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        RT @neiltyson Moon Landing: July 20, 1969. No other act of human exploration ever laid a plaque saying "We Come In Peace For All Mankind"

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      1. Dubrovna‏ @ktek47 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson I wish we could recapture that spirit of manned spaced exploration again. That was an amazing time.

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      2. jerry stokes‏ @jw_stokes 20 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson That was also the same time we were stacking nukes and declaring Russia our enemy.

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      3. Buddy Guy Friend‏ @RedRiverArrows 12 Aug 2013
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        @jw_stokes @neiltyson soo true bout the nukes. But I think astronauts have a diff mentality than politicians :) 2 diff sides of a spectrum

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      4. jerry stokes‏ @jw_stokes 13 Aug 2013
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        @RedRiverArrows @neiltyson Who do you think pays for those astronauts?

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