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applegrove

(132,407 posts) Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:16 PM 19 hrs ago

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Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. [View all]

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Chanea Bond‬
‪@heymrsbond.com‬
· 19h
Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

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Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. [View all] applegrove 19 hrs ago OP

That's a beautiful thought! Thanks to all the public school teachers everywhere, over the years. erronis 17 hrs ago #1

Yes! Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago #2

I never had children, but I vote for every multigraincracker 17 hrs ago #3

YES Skittles 17 hrs ago #5

Absolutely agree. niyad 16 hrs ago #7

Same here, and for the same reasons. "It takes a village", and we are niyad 16 hrs ago #6

Those teachers need to hold their heads up high FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #4

I've talked to several people that multigraincracker 16 hrs ago #8

And one of those public schools is the... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #9

the ones who didn't come back didn't go to public school Tetrachloride 16 hrs ago #10

??? What "game"??? niyad 14 hrs ago #12

word games for fun Tetrachloride 13 hrs ago #13

There is always the Lounge. niyad 13 hrs ago #15

We need to be better at telling our teachers we love them Aristus 16 hrs ago #11

Wow..great BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #14

That's an amazing fact. Martin68 1 hr ago #16