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In 1984 the US congress requested the anniversary date of the Apollo 11 moon landing the be celebrated as Space Exploration Day.
This was approved as an official holiday by then president Ronald Reagan.
“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program.
And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right.”
(Larry Niven)
#SpaceExplorationDay
Sources:
- https://spaceexplorationday.space/
- https://space.nss.org/space-exploration-day/
- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-5224-space-exploration-day-1984
