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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by gleenn on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:18PM (#13748909)
Everyone replying is missing this oppositized JFK quote: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

-JFK

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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by hsod on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:21PM (#13748942)
I don't think anyone is missing that, cutesy little jokes like that just don't tend to do well here on HN.
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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by mark-r on Monday February 27, 2017 @06:15PM (#13749470)
I think possibly lots of people are missing it. How well known is Kennedy's speech for those who weren't alive at the time? And yes it was a joke, but contained within the joke is a pointed commentary.
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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by hsod on Monday February 27, 2017 @06:28PM (#13749592)
I think it's one of the most famous quotations in the country (it has it's own wikipedia page[0]), and the reference wasn't exactly subtle. I'm betting most downvoters (myself included) got the reference.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon

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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by DavidSJ on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:51AM (#13753068)
JFK's moon speech is one of the most famous of all time, especially in the US. Up there with the Gettysburg Address and I Have a Dream.
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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by avmich on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:54PM (#13749288)
They are viewed as somewhat missing the point, and so aren't enjoyed.
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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by grkvlt on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:44AM (#13752778)
Sorry, a bit dense maybe, but what's 'oppositized' about it? That looks like a verbatim quote to me.

EDIT: Oh, not your usage! You're suggesting people somehow haven't realised the GP was mis-quoting JFK, I guess? I think it's more likely that everyone reading that GP comment realised, since it was a pretty obvious context for the reference.

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