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- EddiePotato, on 07/20/2009, -6/+357Wow. After looking at this for a few seconds it really struck me how significant it is: it is the first and only picture to have ever directly contrasted the comfortable familiarity of human flesh with the cold, white foreignness of walking on the moon. Until now, all we've seen are synthetic shells of technology bouncing around at the behest of their human occupants, but we've never actually seen something unquestionably and humbly HUMAN walking around on the moon. The image rattles the subconscious. This is a very important photo!
- pkon, on 07/20/2009, -3/+334Man that would be a pretty sick facebook profile picture for Neil Armstrong.
- consonance, on 07/20/2009, -0/+181Neil Armstrong brb, on the moon.
- dtele, on 07/20/2009, -1/+180Neil took all the famous still pictures of the first moonwalk (of Buzz), but there were none of himself.
I bet he is happy to have a picture of himself on the moon after all these years. - buddypriefert, on 07/20/2009, -0/+170Poor ol Michael Collins. Definitely 99% as important as the other two but only 1% as famous.
- BasalCellBossk, on 07/20/2009, -0/+134Holy crap, an intelligent and insightful comment posted on digg!
- foreignwarren, on 07/20/2009, -0/+111"What's that? You just hiked 50 miles in the Peruvian Andes and posted pics on your profile?. Check this, that's me on the Moon bitches....the MOOOOOOOON. Suck it."
- EddiePotato, on 07/20/2009, -0/+111Designated driver. Without him, Armstrong and Aldrin would still be out there.
- twishart, on 07/20/2009, -4/+98show me your moon face
- digitaldivinci, on 07/20/2009, -0/+90Anymore, I wonder if he even wants to hear about the moon. He's been secluded for so much of his later life that one almost has to feel sorry for him.
I have a friend who interned for Rolls Royce and he was required to escort VIPs around during the Indianapolis 500. He saw that Neil was on the list and he was informed that if anyone asked him a single question about the moon that they would be fired on the spot. Guess it's a touchy subject for him. - memper, on 07/20/2009, -0/+74Why is the AP claiming copyright in the corner of each image on public domain photos?
- Toshibi, on 07/20/2009, -0/+66And beatitlikeacop restores the balance.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+64Oh, you just had a kid? Check this out bitch, I was on the moon.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+59He looks like Ed Harris.
- UV0001, on 07/20/2009, -1/+59I respect him as one who put his life on the line and became the first man to walk on the moon, but damn, I just read his wikipedia and he sure has become quite the uptight person in his later years. I would call some of his stuff borderline *****, but I guess if you stepped on the moon, you have the right to be an *****.
But I will say this, I have more respect for Aldrin for not being such a dick in his years after the Apollo program. Especially after handing Sibrel his ass in that video. - SnackPatrol, on 07/20/2009, -0/+46I've always liked this picture of him as well (directly after he walked on it, taken by Buzz I believe): http://snackpatrol.com/stuff/neilArmstrong_1444410 ...
Just imagine what's going through that guy's mind. - cfuse, on 07/20/2009, -2/+47It might have something to do with the fact that they are giant pus filled *****.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -4/+49No direct evidence? There's still stuff up there from the original missions. How can people be so dumb?
http://digg.com/space/APOLLO_LANDING_SITES_IMAGED_ ... - poonaka, on 07/20/2009, -1/+45who?
- Manworth, on 07/20/2009, -6/+48I abso-*****-lutely am standing on the surface of the ***** Moon. I am talking to you from the god-damned ***** Moon. Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket.
- BasalCellBossk, on 07/20/2009, -1/+41Could be something to do with the 40th anniversary just now? I dunno, just a guess.
- Presbyterian, on 07/20/2009, -4/+44I'm pretty sure you would be touchy too if you had to hear about it all the time.
- NeddieSeagoon, on 07/20/2009, -1/+38Photo caption fail: Aldrin's first name was Edwin, not Edward (until he legally changed it to Buzz)
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+36Buzz Aldrin has only one thing to say to those who think the moon landing was fake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU - jdibiase, on 07/20/2009, -7/+41It wasn't a real intelligent and insightful comment, but one fabricated on a soundstage by NASA. ;-)
- beatitlikeacop, on 07/20/2009, -8/+37I just took a poo.
- kingofinternet, on 07/20/2009, -1/+29he better be wearing sunscreen
- appleseed1234, on 07/20/2009, -0/+28"Did I really just walk on the ***** moon?"
- Gewn, on 07/20/2009, -4/+32
Someone slept through their science and physics classes. What's it like making nothing of your life, Manito? Enjoying manual labor? - Freeman08, on 07/20/2009, -0/+26Yes, it was only broadcast in black and white on TV. The video cameras which captured the first steps on the moon were actually, for their time, relatively high quality. That's why if you look at some of the videos, particularly of the later missions (such as the famous golf shot) they are color.
The reason most iconic videos of Apollo 11 are black and white is because they were shown on live TV. Even though color TV was around by then, the technology to stream live, high quality color feeds from the moon was not. To make it even harder, the camera didn't even record in a format which was suitable for mainstream TV use. To combat all these issues, the footage had to be signaled back to Earth at locations in Australia and California in a lower quality format. Then, it had to be converted into a format which could be used by TV stations. Not only would a conversion process lower the quality in any situation, it had to be done extremely quickly to maintain a live feed, so the quality lost was significant. Finally, it had to be sent out to the individual stations to play for the American public. - DrunkenPirate34, on 07/20/2009, -0/+24Oh we do, thats just old as hell.
- Sil369, on 07/20/2009, -9/+33i wanna see a moonwalk damnit
- BoredDigger, on 07/20/2009, -7/+30It shows Armstrong's face in clear view as he walks across the lunar surface.
Clear view? Hardly... - inactive, on 07/20/2009, -1/+24The next stop after the moon is a very long way away.
- EddiePotato, on 07/20/2009, -0/+22Now on I use few and small words for talk so you not mad.
- sandersdamnit, on 07/20/2009, -1/+23Armstrong is such a badass. He got his finger ripped off in a thresher at his farm and calmly picked it up and walked back and called 911.
Oh yeah and he went to the ***** moon. - Smokeydabear, on 07/20/2009, -0/+22Did he use the finger to dial 911 on his vintage rotary-style telephone?
- ourhomeplanet, on 07/20/2009, -2/+24If your supposed faking of the landing occurred because Americans wanted to show off to the Russians, why didn't the Russians, who had an almost equal capacity to be in space, simply proclaim that this was a forgery; state that this was a blatant attempt on behalf of the Americans at trying to prove their supremacy? The answer: the Russians couldn't do so then, and still have not to this day. This is obviously so because they had no proof against it, and still don't; their scientists were as smart as the Americans, and they would have known instantly if landing on the Moon was impossible. The Russians knew this was real; they almost got there, they sent probes and such, but they just ran out of money.
What, do you think that history is necessarily always progressive, so that it was necessarily impossible for us to have achieved this 40 years ago simply because we didn't continue on with the manned missions? Just because Americans forty years ago didn't have iphones and laptops doesn't mean that their technology wasn't up to the challenge of sending men to the Moon. Actually, their lack of sophisticated technology at the time makes their achievement all the more amazing.
No direct evidence? Well, don't get me started. Simply this: are you one of those people who even denies that we have been in outer space? If so that is sad, because all you have to do is look up and you'll see the evidence with your own eyes. Yes, you can see things like the International Space Station with your own eyes. So what, those astronauts just orbited the Earth for a few days while NASA sent faked images from Houston to the world's TV sets? What, so you think they didn't even take off? Or did all those people who saw them simply lie? Oh yeah, I guess you're right, it was one big conspiracy.
This mission lead somewhere: it lead to the Moon. What more pertinent place to explore than the closest celestial body besides our own? Don't give me that crap about fixing Earthly problems first before exploring outer space. When exploring outer space we are almost forced to realize humanity's common purpose, and the importance cooperating. A prime example of this is the ISS. And what, you want to stay here on Earth forever? There's a whole Universe to explore!
Happy 40th Anniversary Apollo! - BlackOculus, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2140 years of being asked the same questions would be enough to make anyone irritated. Especially the typical question "What was it like!?"...
- asgardshill, on 07/20/2009, -2/+23That /s saved you.
- DemDude, on 07/20/2009, -4/+24"Who's gonna get all the pussaaay? Neeeeiiil's gonna get aaaall the pusssaaaaaay!"
- dtele, on 07/20/2009, -0/+19I read his autobiography... he is a very humble man, and dislikes the attention.
He quit NASA a few months after the initial landing to become a university lecturer. - mikelly18, on 07/20/2009, -1/+20I always thought there were people in those space suits.
- TheJuggernaut, on 07/20/2009, -0/+18"Goddammit, you bitch! You never backed away from anything in your life! Now fight!"
- HAL90000, on 07/20/2009, -3/+21*****! Skepticism? You lying piece of pseudo intellectual *****! Don't you ***** DARE equate your muddled little ***** conspiracy ***** to actual skepticism. You're not a skeptic, you're a ***** fool. You realize how much evidence you have to ignore to honestly accept the notion that we never really went to the moon? Do you?
Someone who believes that the moon landing was a hoax equating themselves with a "skeptic" is like a creationist saying they are a "skeptic" for denying the mountains of evidence supporting the theory of evolution. No, you're no skeptic, you are a joke. You are a hack. You're an idiot, and I have no respect for you. - CoreyHalliwell, on 07/20/2009, -2/+19IN SOVIET RUSSIA, MOON LANDING FAKES YOU!
- Nebarik, on 07/20/2009, -0/+17just like most people, he IS better then you
- jaycers, on 07/20/2009, -0/+17Yea, but considering how much hell the other two went through went they got back, I'll bet that being 1% as famous actually works out pretty well for him.
- Entroper, on 07/20/2009, -2/+19"While Aldrin and Collins are expected to advocate sending astronauts on a two-year, 500,000-mile round-trip to Mars, Armstrong, 79, is known to favour the idea of establishing a lunar base first."
That's an awfully short way to go, if you're trying to reach Mars. 500,000 miles would barely get you past the Moon's orbit... - Barbarino, on 07/20/2009, -1/+18All these moon stories never get old for me... Love the stuff...
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