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		pimlottc on Aug 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Webb Telescope further deepens the Hubble tens... As Mark Twain once said, “the best time to launch a tree into space was twenty years ago. The second best is now”

mcswell on Aug 13, 2024 [–]

Dunno about Mark Twain, but it appears the best time to launch men to the Moon was more than half a century ago. The second best is now...ok, a year from now...I mean a few years from now.

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