Word: apollos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week the families of 10 former astronauts held the first-ever auction of U.S. space memorabilia at Christie's in New York City. The final bids for used Apollo and Gemini space junk were wildly extravagant but still pale next to the budget of the space program today. Perhaps NASA should have done some bargain hunting...
...ITEM: Apollo 13 stowage locker (5) ESTIMATE: $20,000 to $30,000 WENT FOR: $40,250 COMPARE WITH: Shuttle foot restraints...
...ITEM: Apollo command-module water container (6) ESTIMATE: $400 to $600 WENT FOR: $748 COMPARE WITH: Space-shuttle toilet @ $4 million
...club to beat up or buy up competitors. But then they took the club away before we could start swinging. We were looking brash and predator-like--top of the food chain. Now we feel like timid prey. A chart of our stock looks like one half of the Apollo's Chariot ride at Busch Gardens--the first part, which starts at the top. It's been a dizzying decline...
Arguing against welfare reform in August 1999 is a bit like arguing against the Apollo moon shot in August 1969. The Eagle has landed, and the naysayers appear to be on the wrong side of history. But at least one of them remains unmoved by the news--because nobody loves a lonely, principled fight more than Bill Bradley...