Some of the biggest mistakes in history

In 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in Space.

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This is the view that his camera had:

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And this is the view that Alan Shepard had:

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That’s right. The first American in Space saw everything in black & white - during the entire flight. Why? Because someone forgot to remove a filter from his periscope window prior to launch. Even though he saw everything in black and white, he said “What a beautiful view”.

Luckily, he eventually went back into space in 1971 and got to enjoy it in full colour, even becoming the oldest person to walk on the moon.

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In 1971, Soviet Engineers identified a site in[B]Turkmenistan[/B], which was thought to be a substantial oil field site. The engineers set up a drilling rig and camp nearby, and started drilling operations to assess the quantity of gas reserve available at the site. As the Soviets were pleased with the success of finding the gas resources, they started storing the gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig and camp collapsed into a wide crater and disappeared. No lives were lost in the incident.

Everything was alright till the moment, but then those engineers feared the release of poisonous gases from the cavern and so they decided to burn the gas off. They believed that it would be safer to burn it than to extract it from underground through expensive methods. At that time, expectations were that the gas would burn out within a few weeks, but has continued to burn more than four decades after it was set on fire.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

Now this is how it looks-
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io mambo ya kwenda kwa moon is america propagada. there was a race b2n them n the russians so they had to act as if wameenda. If technology of 1960 could allow a man to land on the moon mbona hawajatuma wengine of late?

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changing policies. During the cold war, it was a matter of who had the largest dick between the US and the Soviets. President Kennedy made it his number one priority to see an American on the moon before the Soviets

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Waende wakafanye nini na ni mawe na vumbi tu?

The next stop is Mars or another planet, so that you skeptics can tell us another story. This one is worn out and you never advance evidence of the fakery.

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That’s a fake, tafuta ile myth busters ya moon landing, everything is explained there. Watch it n realize the moon landing took place.

I also believe that moon landing was a hoax. But others also claim that they were warned by extraterestials never to set foot again.

The moon landing was a hoax, obviously. In 1961, JFK vowed America would land on the moon before the decade was over and…Voila!! That goal was achieved in the second half of 1969 hahaha.
Before the moon landing, the Soviet Union had consistently and thoroughly beaten America in every aspect of the space race.

link???..but pia mimi siamini waliland…

Lakini si they can always find someway to use the moon for communications and or a link to the space station.? Why just land there and stop?