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[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Wow even the guy that wanted to be the man that fell down at your door only walked 1000 miles. This is pretty hardcore.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Probably just really wanted to escape Ohio.

[–] bitwaba 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

On April 14, 1970, during an 11g slingshot maneuver on the remote side of the moon on the Apollo 13 mission, Astronaut Jim Lovell achieved what every other person born in Ohio has always dreamed of:

Getting as far away as humanly possible.

[–] solstice 1 points 3 weeks ago

Michael Collins has him beat though because he got to do it alone in blissful silence, with nobody around to ask him if he's working hard or hardly working.

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