Since we put a man on the moon in 1969, what have we achieved?

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IF it weren't summer, I'd call student trying to get ideas for a required paper.

[Anonymous]

Don't forget military advancements - most specifics are secret, but everything from more sophisticated radars/drones/missils/Gps/gis and even that is probably outdated now (but at one time an "accomplishment").

Also, are a 15 yr old kid trying to write an essay for summer school? Your post seems to give that impression.

[Anonymous]

We colonized Mars with robotic explorers, we sent probes all the way to what was considered the farthest reach of the solar system in 1969, we put an entire communications infrastructure in space, we have done quite a bit...

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Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

[Anonymous]

Chemotherapy, statins, transplants, MRIs, neurosurgery, MS drugs like interferon, identifying metabolic disorders in children, reduction of lead in environment, and vaccinations against child killers like pneumococcus and hemophilous influenza, as well as several types of hepatitis.

Space shuttle, computers in everything, the Green revolution in grain yields, which has reduced world hunger substantially.

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Anonymous wrote:1960s: Moon Landing
1970s - 2015: AIDS healthcare, the Internet

Anything else?

A boatload to numerous to list while playing hooky from my work.

Communication advances that connect the world as if everyone virtually lived next door is one. Those same communication advances are aiding in research in finding cures for disease.

Tragically...those same communication advances also have given us twitter, smart phones and killed a lot of people who are talking/texting and driving.

Access to knowledge in a matter of minutes...sadly many here on DCUM don't take advantage of that...that would have been impossible 20 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Ooh good one on the bionic limbs PP. They are incredible and give new life to so many people.

Yeah, but they don't make that cool noise like in the Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.

NyUH-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh!

Total buzzkill.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Are you nuts? WWII look quaint? Failed history did you?

13 million dead in the Holocaust alone. Deaths to civilians from the waging of war, famine and disease attributed directly to the war...including holocaust victims, 50 million plus...and deaths to those who were a part of the war effort between 20 and 25 million. Total dead from all causes between 70 and 85 million. NOTHING that has happened so far exceeds the level of brutality and volume of human suffering during WWII. Beyond the loss of military lives, which is far less than WWII, in those other wars you will have a lot of civilians but the totals in any one of those wars, and the total of all of them, do not exceed WWII. And by no rational and factual measure can one declare they did.

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Anonymous wrote:Chemotherapy, statins, transplants, MRIs, neurosurgery, MS drugs like interferon, identifying metabolic disorders in children, reduction of lead in environment, and vaccinations against child killers like pneumococcus and hemophilous influenza, as well as several types of hepatitis.

Space shuttle, computers in everything, the Green revolution in grain yields, which has reduced world hunger substantially.

Great list!!

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Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

Party Pooper.

Reagan didn't win the Cold War. The Soviet Union collapsed under its own weight. The idea that he forced them to spend into oblivion is something conservatives say to feel good inside, like "there are no atheists in foxholes".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Are you nuts? WWII look quaint? Failed history did you?

13 million dead in the Holocaust alone. Deaths to civilians from the waging of war, famine and disease attributed directly to the war...including holocaust victims, 50 million plus...and deaths to those who were a part of the war effort between 20 and 25 million. Total dead from all causes between 70 and 85 million. NOTHING that has happened so far exceeds the level of brutality and volume of human suffering during WWII. Beyond the loss of military lives, which is far less than WWII, in those other wars you will have a lot of civilians but the totals in any one of those wars, and the total of all of them, do not exceed WWII. And by no rational and factual measure can one declare they did.

I realize this is a tangent, but watching this video really hit PP's point home for me,.

https://vimeo.com/128373915

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Are you nuts? WWII look quaint? Failed history did you?

13 million dead in the Holocaust alone. Deaths to civilians from the waging of war, famine and disease attributed directly to the war...including holocaust victims, 50 million plus...and deaths to those who were a part of the war effort between 20 and 25 million. Total dead from all causes between 70 and 85 million. NOTHING that has happened so far exceeds the level of brutality and volume of human suffering during WWII. Beyond the loss of military lives, which is far less than WWII, in those other wars you will have a lot of civilians but the totals in any one of those wars, and the total of all of them, do not exceed WWII. And by no rational and factual measure can one declare they did.

I realize this is a tangent, but watching this video really hit PP's point home for me,.

https://vimeo.com/128373915

PP here who wrote about the deaths...very good video...thanks for sharing. I was surprised to learn that most of Germany's civilian deaths did not happen during the bombings.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't forget military advancements - most specifics are secret, but everything from more sophisticated radars/drones/missils/Gps/gis and even that is probably outdated now (but at one time an "accomplishment").

Agree with this. Stuff that the military is currently using is so far beyond our imagination. Cellular phone technology was in use by our military in WW2. It took 50 years for it to adapt to a small enough form to be used commercially by consumers. GPS was in use by the military in the late 70s but we didn't get widespread consumer access for another 25 years or so. Wearable tech was on the soldiers in Iraq 10 years ago, but consumers are only now getting access to it.

I can't wait to see what the future holds for us. We've had so many amazing achievements in the last 10 years alone. Hell, the iWatch blows away the first iPhone!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

Party Pooper.

Reagan didn't win the Cold War. The Soviet Union collapsed under its own weight. The idea that he forced them to spend into oblivion is something conservatives say to feel good inside, like "there are no atheists in foxholes".

Although Reagan didn't go out and fight on a horse or something he did contribute a lot to the downfall of the soviet union. Either way he should be credited.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Are you nuts? WWII look quaint? Failed history did you?

13 million dead in the Holocaust alone. Deaths to civilians from the waging of war, famine and disease attributed directly to the war...including holocaust victims, 50 million plus...and deaths to those who were a part of the war effort between 20 and 25 million. Total dead from all causes between 70 and 85 million. NOTHING that has happened so far exceeds the level of brutality and volume of human suffering during WWII. Beyond the loss of military lives, which is far less than WWII, in those other wars you will have a lot of civilians but the totals in any one of those wars, and the total of all of them, do not exceed WWII. And by no rational and factual measure can one declare they did.

Look up the Khmer rouge, the slaughter of the Kurds when we left Iraq the first time, and the total lose of life of American service men tells half of the story since medical advances have allowed many gravely injured and burned soldiers to survive battlefield injuries - but not live happy or productive lives. Look it up, PP. My father was a medic in WWII and went on to become a doctor - I know the valor of the service people in WWII but that does not change either the facts or the horrors of the subsequent wars.