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Jul 2019
37m 34s

(Bonus) The Moon Landing With Charles Fi...

Brian McCullough
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So, today, July 20th 2019 is the 50th anniversary of human beings walking on the moon for the first time. As Glenn mentioned on Friday’s weekend longreads segment, Fast Company has been doing a 50 days to the moon thing. 50 different stories around the moon landing. They’re all from Charles Fishman, who wrote a book that came out this summer called ... Show More
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