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Common Core? Nope!

Re the Nov. 13 article Touchdown: Congratulations to all the scientists, engineers and others involved in landing a satellite the size of a washing machine on a spinning comet traveling 84,000 miles per hour after a 10-year journey through space.

An amazing accomplishment. The best part is they did it without the Common Core math program.

Stan Schachne, Davie

This story was originally published November 15, 2014 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Common Core? Nope!."

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