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Related: About this forumPresident Obama stops to view the moon and Venus before boarding Marine One - pic
White House photo of the day for April 24, 2012
President Barack Obama stops to view the moon and Venus before boarding Marine One in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama stops to view the moon and Venus before boarding Marine One - pic (Original Post)
Kadie
Apr 2012
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,639 posts)1. I really respect him for his interest in science, and beauty.
This is a wonderful picture...
freshwest
(53,661 posts)2. 'You are a child of the universe, no less than the moon or the stars. You have a right to be here.'
Someone tell the GOP, they didn't get the message.
Good find as always, Kadie.
enough
(13,259 posts)3. A human being. (nt)
applegrove
(118,696 posts)4. Oh my god - he worships nature. Stop him!!!! (sarcasm)
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)5. Venus, or, as FOX's Greta Van Susteran calls it
'the place where Xenu comes from."
tdb63
(73 posts)6. Moon goes up, moon comes down
"Sun goes up, sun comes down, nobody can explain that. The tide goes out, the tide comes in, noone can explain that" - Bill O'Reilly, a past history teacher and current Fox anchor..
midnight
(26,624 posts)7. Great pic....
ujmujmujm
(9 posts)8. Spam deleted by MaineDem (MIR Team)
FirstLight
(13,360 posts)9. very cool
My son has a report on Venus he's working on at school with his group...I printed this out for him to share!
*sigh* I am sorry our space program has taken such a huge step backwards...I wonder if he is too
nmbluesky
(2,561 posts)10. Faux News: Obama look up Moon.. he prove he is Muslim
anyway..Yeah I looked up the sky last night..it was so awesome!!!
sky imager
(36 posts)11. Our feeblest contemplations of the cosmos stir us.. Carl Sagan
Little Star
(17,055 posts)13. Cool Pic!