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Title: We choose the moon Post by: Righ on July 20, 2009, 08:53:45 AM http://wechoosethemoon.org/
Touchdown on the 40th anniversary in a little over five hours. Very cool to listen to the audio 'as it happened' rather than as clips. Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: SnakeCharmer on July 20, 2009, 09:45:10 AM Oh man, that's cool.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Yegolev on July 20, 2009, 10:21:55 AM This is old news.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Righ on July 20, 2009, 10:27:55 AM Brilliant observation.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: K9 on July 20, 2009, 11:01:28 AM Fascinating. Unfortunately they've just lost signal for the next 45 minutes; I'll have to check this again later.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: WayAbvPar on July 20, 2009, 11:03:05 AM This is old news. Even he knows! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_DPrSEOEo) Disclaimer- that is the only Jim Carrey movie I have ever found even remotely amusing. Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Teleku on July 20, 2009, 11:08:47 AM This is old news. Disclaimer- that is the only Jim Carrey movie I have ever found even remotely amusing. That is..... disturbing. Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: kaid on July 20, 2009, 12:06:10 PM The unfortunate thing this anniversary reminds me of is after we got to the moon and got the Tshirt we proceded to dick around in LEO for the next 40 years for manned space flight which is just a shame.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Yegolev on July 20, 2009, 01:49:01 PM The unfortunate thing this anniversary reminds me of is after we got to the moon and got the Tshirt we proceded to dick around in LEO for the next 40 years for manned space flight which is just a shame. I agree with this. Thankfully, surveillance equipment has advanced enough that we can put it on the moon and still find terrorists. Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: rattran on July 20, 2009, 02:24:28 PM :awesome_for_real:
(http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/accomplishments.jpg) Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Righ on July 20, 2009, 02:36:09 PM True despair: If all the other people are fooled or maybe don't even exist who are you reaching out to with your affirmation image?
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Murgos on July 21, 2009, 06:47:01 AM We had a few of the engineers who worked on Apollo here back for a bar-b-que yesterday. Was pretty cool.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Raguel on July 21, 2009, 01:59:14 PM Buzz Aldrin punches a conspiracy theorist in the face (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/buzz-aldrin-punches-moon_n_241664.html) :drill: Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Merusk on July 21, 2009, 05:43:12 PM That's fantastic. I'd heard he did it, but I didn't know there was video.
Armstrong lives around here in Indian Hills and I worked for the Architect who did his house when I was in school. Said he's a very, very private guy and doesn't like going in public. His wife was the one who made all the calls to the office. Kind of sad. Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: schild on July 21, 2009, 09:39:35 PM Quote We choose the moon And all we got was a 40th anniversary. Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: Triforcer on July 21, 2009, 10:12:38 PM Neil Armstrong is the same way in western Ohio. I was always puzzled by him- he could easily have been a Congressman and probably a Senator.
Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: MahrinSkel on July 22, 2009, 12:54:15 AM Neil Armstrong is the same way in western Ohio. I was always puzzled by him- he could easily have been a Congressman and probably a Senator. John Glenn was also from Ohio, even if Armstrong wanted a political career two astronaut senators from one state would have been a little much, and running against Glenn may not have looked attractive.--Dave Title: Re: We choose the moon Post by: K9 on July 22, 2009, 03:55:18 AM Neil Armstrong is the same way in western Ohio. I was always puzzled by him- he could easily have been a Congressman and probably a Senator. I actually admire him all the more for not cashing in on his celebrity status. The scant interviews he has done indicate that he doesn't believe he is suited to that job, and that fundamentally he is just another guy. He seems incredibly pragmatic, and wouldn't want to ride his celebrity status to a job he didn't feel able to do properly. |