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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 4 Oct 2017

    In the years that followed Sputnik’s 1957 launch, the USA would embrace science, technology, and exploration as never before.

    12:20 PM - 4 Oct 2017
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      2. PJ‏ @realKingOfEarth 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Nothing gets the people more motivated than finding out they're in second place.

        3 replies 1 retweet 54 likes
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      1. ghouley duley  🎃‏Verified account @Advil 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        science, technology and exploration aka getting high ground and making sure to scare the soviets. they never ACTUALLY cared about science.

        0 replies 1 retweet 34 likes
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      2. Tony Frightower‏ @ThatTonyH 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        ...and then reject them like a bad organ. This fight's never going to end, is it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 28 likes
      3. jddj‏ @jddj 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @ThatTonyH @neiltyson

        "...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped..."

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
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      1. chrissy‏ @ChristineMMoran 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Next step...Marspic.twitter.com/ADl2WqThhR

        0 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Jessa‏ @jlmantar315 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Aaannnnnd now we're headed back to the dark ages. ☹️

        2 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
      3. Matt Spendlove‏ @MCSpendlove 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @jlmantar315 @neiltyson

        Says the person using a mobile device participating in a conversation with thousands of people all over the world. It's not all bad news.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. William‏ @wvwarcht 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        In the years following Apollo, republicans decided science was optional.

        0 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
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      2. Chris Fair‏ @Chrisjfair 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        So you're saying the Russians need to make a break through in climate science before we do anything?

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. Frank Johnson III‏ @Frankpj3Johnson 8 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Chrisjfair @neiltyson

        Exactly! If Putin says it's real...... Then Orange Julius will believe it.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Unreasonably early Christmas name.‏ @Amanda_Kerri 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        We invented the light bulb, radio, television, and open heart surgery all before that.

        6 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. David Jones‏ @davidaricjones 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Amanda_Kerri @neiltyson

        No argument on the light bulb and open-heart surgery, but it's hard to see how radio and tv could be credited solely to American inventors.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Unreasonably early Christmas name.‏ @Amanda_Kerri 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @davidaricjones @neiltyson

        Admittedly yes, radio and tv were more complex, but we did play a huge role in it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. James McDone‏ @Darth_McDone 5 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Amanda_Kerri @davidaricjones @neiltyson

        Technically it was a Serbian named Nikola Tesla that invented those things, amongst other stuff. Americans just stole his idea.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. David Jones‏ @davidaricjones 5 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Darth_McDone @Amanda_Kerri @neiltyson

        Tesla invented what now?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. James McDone‏ @Darth_McDone 5 Oct 2017
        Replying to @davidaricjones @Amanda_Kerri @neiltyson

        He created most or all of the things that we use today.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Unreasonably early Christmas name.‏ @Amanda_Kerri 5 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Darth_McDone @davidaricjones @neiltyson

        Including bullshit.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Truthseeker‏ @vlaski_mile 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Amanda_Kerri @Darth_McDone and

        The truth hurts hey!

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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