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1	->''"I am the man who arranges the blocks,''
2	->''That are building a highly secret base,''
3	->''Hip Hip Hurrah for the U.S.S.R,''
4	->''We are sending our men to outer space!"''
5	-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8 A Complete History of the Soviet Union Arranged to the Melody of Tetris]]
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7	->''"Beep, beep, beep, beep\
8	Hello there!\
9	Sputnik sails giggling through the skies\
10	Red flags, red faces\
11	Jump in the race\
12	As the Space Age begins with a surprise!"''
13	-->-- '''Leslie Fish''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mZ9pKvCmk Surprise!]]
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15	->''"The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each is strong where the other is weak. This is a marriage made in heaven -- but one that has been surprisingly difficult to consummate.”''
16	-->--'''Creator/CarlSagan''', ''Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space''
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18	->''"From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, [[ChallengeSeeker we just decided to go]]."''
19	-->-- '''Jim Lovell''', ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}''
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21	->''"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, [[ChallengeSeeker not because they are easy, but because they are hard]], because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, [[DareToBeBadass because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too]]."''
22	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy''', Rice University speech, September 12, 1962
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24	->''"Life has to be more than about solving problems. There have to be things that inspire you -- that make you proud to be a member of humanity. The Apollo program is certainly an example of that. Only a handful of people went to the moon -- and yet, actually we all went to the moon. We went with them vicariously. We shared in that adventure. I don’t think anyone would say that that was a bad idea, that that wasn’t great. We need more of those things -- at least we need ''some'' of those things."''
25	-->-- '''Elon Musk'''

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