And this was the crowning achievement for NASA

45 years ago, we put a man (actually 2 men) on another celestial body.

(the actual time 3:18 PM Central time)

6 hours later Neil Armstrong became the first human (as far as we know, anyway) to walk upon the surface of the moon.

By today’s standards, the equipment they flew in and used was very crude. Your cell phone likely has more computing power than all the computers used in the effort…your desktop or laptop that you are reading this post on almost certainly does. If you fly commercial, you will likely be in a more complex craft.

It took a great deal of effort, and lot of money to do what they did.

Sadly, today, NASA no longer has the drive nor the people to do anything remotely as ground breaking as putting people on the moon. NASA isn’t the NASA we think of when we think of NASA.

They have become, at best, a political arm of the current administration, and a waste of money.

But take a moment and reflect on the achievement of the people of NASA then.

Now we gotta beg ex commies for a ride to the “international” space station.

ETA: THis is true. Sad, but true.

Remember: “Weapons of war

Have no place on our streets”
   Barry Obama

Saw one of these on a flatbed in a truckstop today. Had a minute or two to take a decent look at it up close

Looks like there are several vulnerable spots on it:

Brake chambers, which would immobilize the vehicle.

Oil coolers. I saw 2.

Radiator.

Fuel tanks…not that they would blow up or burn, but just leak fuel and stop the vehicle when empty.

All these could be hurt with a decent medium caliber rifle.

Just sayin’.

Hey, the feds actually gave up for once

So the press actually did it’s job for once, rather than carry water for Barry and his policies.

Seems that the plan to buy a luxury resort for nearly $4 million to house up to 600 illegals has been scrapped due to public outcry.

Now it the press would only point out the other things that Barry and his minions are doing here, we might actually get somewhere towards stopping him.

Congress certainly ain’t doing their job, and House just folds every time there is a confrontation.

I bet we could build a lot of fence with $3.8 million…