re: Awesome picture...but tell me. - It does to me to some extent:
I'm sure the same applied to the Earth-Moon formation.
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Back to your question, Jody... my personal answer to that one would be when my Grandfather contracted TB in Cuba. He died when he was thirty eight years old and there was no cure for TB then, but his death led to a series of personal family events. Had he not died then, we would all be on a/or different courses. His death was a turning point for all of us, yet there was nothing we could do.
I am thankful that I saw Apollo 11 land on the moon, however. Even Grand-dad would have passed on by then, but he predicted it, he knew it would happen so for me to have witnessed it even on a 2D Black and White tv screen, it was worth it.