Apollo 11

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Apollo 11
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One of mankind's greatest achievements...whether you agree with space exploration or not.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I remember that tragic day.  I was in my room listening to my Jimi Hendrix records and occasionally stuck my head out the door long enough to see my mother in complete rapture while glued to the TV set. It bothered me that (as I saw it) humans were embarking on a mission to deface the moon, so I went back to my records and tried to forget about it.   I still cringe when I think about those footprints, that flag (any flag), the defaced surface of our glorious  and sacred moon.  What utter arrogance to do what we did.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    brianlux said:
    I remember that tragic day.  I was in my room listening to my Jimi Hendrix records and occasionally stuck my head out the door long enough to see my mother in complete rapture while glued to the TV set. It bothered me that (as I saw it) humans were embarking on a mission to deface the moon, so I went back to my records and tried to forget about it.   I still cringe when I think about those footprints, that flag (any flag), the defaced surface of our glorious  and sacred moon.  What utter arrogance to do what we did.
    You and I feel he same way about space exploration.  Too many problems need fixing on earth...yet we waste endless billions on space...

    I still think this was a great day for humans in the sense that the moon landing demonstrated that if we really want to do something, we can.

    So maybe there is still a sliver of hope to make this planet more liveable again.  
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited July 2019
    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    I remember that tragic day.  I was in my room listening to my Jimi Hendrix records and occasionally stuck my head out the door long enough to see my mother in complete rapture while glued to the TV set. It bothered me that (as I saw it) humans were embarking on a mission to deface the moon, so I went back to my records and tried to forget about it.   I still cringe when I think about those footprints, that flag (any flag), the defaced surface of our glorious  and sacred moon.  What utter arrogance to do what we did.
    You and I feel he same way about space exploration.  Too many problems need fixing on earth...yet we waste endless billions on space...

    I still think this was a great day for humans in the sense that the moon landing demonstrated that if we really want to do something, we can.

    So maybe there is still a sliver of hope to make this planet more liveable again.  
    True, including that fact that these black women finally got their due:


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Great movie about them too:

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,478
    edited July 2019
    brianlux said:
    Great movie about them too:

    Because white male Kevin Costner was it in. AM I RIGHT FELLOWS!?

    /s
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited July 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    brianlux said:
    Great movie about them too:

    Because white male Kevin Costner was it in. AM I RIGHT FELLOWS!?

    /s
    Oh yeah, I suppose it would have been more interesting if that part had been played by a blind epileptic Asian defector from Nepal.  

    Jesus, man.  It's a true story in which Costner played the part of a white man.

    Besides which, the real stars where the historic black women figures played by some fine actors, especially Octavia Spenser.  I so dig her.  She was great in this, fantastic in "The Gifted" and also most excellent in "The Help".



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    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    brianlux said:
    Great movie about them too:

    I will be sure to check that out...
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    Great movie about them too:

    I will be sure to check that out...
    Cool!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,123
    edited July 2019
    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    Great movie about them too:

    I will be sure to check that out...
    It's an awesome movie.  I show it to my 8th graders every year; it goes great with social studies, math and the science curriculum.  
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    I watched buried footage from the A11 training and mission that Discovery showed last night.  Found it pretty cool

    I understand your position, Brian, but I do not share it.  I find space exploration to be admirable and not arrogant.  

    Too bad we couldn't put the fat, orange, blob of a President info the next missle we send up, without any training of course.
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  • Meltdown99
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    mcgruff10 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    Great movie about them too:

    I will be sure to check that out...
    It's an awesome movie.  I show it to my 8th graders every year; it goes great with social studies, math and the science curriculum.  
    Nice!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I think it's a hoax. 
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I think it's a hoax. 
    Totally. 

    No cheese as proof?  Not gonna buy it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I think it's a hoax. 
    You can read government conspiracy theories shot on a soundstage as bedtime stories to your kids...lol
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,123
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I think it's a hoax. 
    How many thousands of people were involved with the Apollo landing? If it was a hoax don’t you think at least one person would have said something by now?
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,306
    After watching some of the insane shit they did, basically signing up for something that had a much higher chance for death or disfigurement then success, helps me understand why a 80 year old Buzz is willing to throw down fisticuffs with a 27 year old unemployed dipshit who tells him it was all fake. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    I do not understand people saying it was fake. 
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Why have we not been back to the moon?
    That's why I believe it's a hoax.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    There are many reasons not to go back.  I am just assuming that once they established that they could indeed go to the moon and no else was going, why bother?  At that point they clearly were winning the space race.
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