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You find a time machine but you can only use it one time, what do you do with it?
You find a time machine and can go forwards or backwards in time. fix anything in the past, make anything happen in the future. You can only use it one time though, What will you use it for?
Ended December 16, 2017 • 3 Entries • Created by loverofandom
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You find a time machine but you can only use it one time, what do you do with it?
You find a time machine and can go forwards or backwards in time. fix anything in the past, make anything happen in the future. You can only use it one time though, What will you use it for?
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Back to 1969

I would hop in a Time Machine and go back to July 20, 1969. I would of loved to of been on NASA's Apollo 11 mission, along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The first steps taken on the moon. I would of been a part of that history making moment.

My family has been a part of NASA already in the past, both my Grandfathers worked for NASA and also my Mom and Dad. One of my Grandfathers had a part in the Apollo Mission 11 and received a Exceptional Service Medal from NASA in 1969.

The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is the second highest award in the NASA Incentive Awards Program. It is granted for significant achievement or service characterized by unusual initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvement in engineering, administative, space flight, or space-related endeavors which contribute to NASA programs.

I was never able to work for NASA but if I had a Time Machine, I could be a part of that special day, I could of worked with my Grandfather on that special day when NASA first took 'One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'.

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You find a time machine but you can only use it one time, what do you do with it?
You find a time machine and can go forwards or backwards in time. fix anything in the past, make anything happen in the future. You can only use it one time though, What will you use it for?
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Time Machine

If I had a time machine that I could only use once, I suppose I'd use it to go the future to get another time machine. No, I'm only joking. I think my real answer, some of you may consider selfish. When I was first presented with this question I thought this is easy. Then I quickly became torn. I lived a long life and I've had a lot of regrets. The one that haunts me most of all is "the one that got away." Then I thought but wait, I can go back, take out Hitler and save the Jewish people. So which do I pick? I spent my whole life wondering what if. What if we met a year, a month even a week sooner? What if I just kissed her? Would she have met him? Would she have left him before the wedding rings became handcuffs? So many questions. There's too many questions. Even if I traveled back to stop Hitler I wouldn't stop much else. There were other dictators. Besides which horrific event do I pick to stop. There's always going to be hate and violence. At least while we are here on this Earth. Here comes the part where you all may start to think I'm a selfish jerk. I'd pick to go back and meet her again. It's been the highlight of my life. I don't know my tactic though. Go back and do what? Maybe just show up sooner? Do I tell her I'm from the future? Maybe I'll just go to the time we first met and grab her and kiss her? Would that change anything? More what ifs. What would be scarier? The what ifs, or if I did what we both say could have been different and you still don't love me?

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You find a time machine but you can only use it one time, what do you do with it?
You find a time machine and can go forwards or backwards in time. fix anything in the past, make anything happen in the future. You can only use it one time though, What will you use it for?
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I would travel back to 8/7/1988 the day before my eighth birthday and I would beg my favorite cousin to come stay with me on my birthday so he wouldnt be on his dirtbike that night and he wouldnt get in a wreck and get killed.