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Pan Am took reservations for flights to the Moon

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Delusional marketing was at an all-time high during the Space Race. In 1968, Pan Am launched the "First Moon Flights Club," offering optimistic civilians a spot on a hypothetical commercial shuttle to the lunar surface. Despite possessing absolutely no spacecraft or actual plans to build one, the airline issued over 93,000 official membership cards, riding the Apollo hype train until they eventually went bankrupt.

Pan Am took reservations for flights to the Moon
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