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Quote Of The Day
Quote Of The Day
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.
Richard Feynman(1918-1988)
Today in History:
1571: Johannes Kepler born, Danish protege of Tycho Brahe who used his extensive records of Mars's positions to formulate the three laws of planetary motion still in widespread use today.
1571: Johannes Kepler born, Danish protege of Tycho Brahe who used his extensive records of Mars's positions to formulate the three laws of planetary motion still in widespread use today.
1968: Apollo 8 (December 21-27, 1968) returns to Earth after becoming first crewed mission to reach the Moon. Crew: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., William Anders. The crew undertook the first manned lunar fly-around and Earth return. The astronauts made 10 orbits of the moon on Christmas Eve.