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- doctechnical, on 05/13/2009, -12/+220"Hey Aldrin! Guess who farted in the airlock?"
- DohCanadian, on 05/14/2009, -16/+203He looks stoned.
Dude..I was just on the moooon! - Janinco, on 05/13/2009, -3/+128Tears of joy, or of relief?
Nice photo. - Shiftgood, on 05/14/2009, -4/+121the face of win
- JasonRomero, on 05/14/2009, -3/+102Words probably can't describe how he was feeling at that moment.
- GCarden, on 05/14/2009, -2/+86To say Neil is "the greatest human ever to live" because he walked on the moon completely belittles the achievement of all the hard working people who put him up there. Not that Neil wasn't a fantastic astronaut who was in top shape mentally and physically (and from what I understand a very humble guy too), but it was teams of people who got him to the moon in the first place.
- schmidt349, on 05/14/2009, -4/+84To me he looks tired, exhilarated, satisfied.
Just what you'd expect from a man who'd just embarked on the greatest adventure yet in the history of humankind. - mikemehak, on 05/14/2009, -5/+76i dugg this back in 1969 -- OLD
- wannaBdug, on 05/13/2009, -3/+69He looks like he might be in a state of shock. i know I would have been.
- CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -4/+68Buzzed Aldrin . . .
- RUBallsingMe, on 05/14/2009, -19/+78Wow, first blunt EVER smoked on the moon...amazing
- anyone4apint, on 05/14/2009, -17/+73In my opinion, Neil Armstrong is the greatest human ever to live. We take it for granted now days, but just think for a second about the sheer enormity of what he did.... the man walked on another celestial body, the man got in a tiny metal tin and traveled over 220,000 miles away from his home planet in order to set foot on the moon. The guy walked on the moon for crying out loud, it is just beyond belief to think that is possible. It is without any doubt the single biggest achievement in human history and obviously Armstrong was one of many thousands who made it possible, but he embodies all of their hard work and dedication. The very idea of a human setting foot on the moon still amazes me every day of my life.
- sorenb, on 05/14/2009, -1/+51It's just one example of the resolution you can achieve using very strange technology known as "film".
- inactive, on 05/14/2009, -4/+53He's got hydrogen psychosis-crazy-eye!
Git him out of ze *****' water! - sparkie, on 05/14/2009, -1/+40He was crying because Mr. Gorsky finally got a piece.
- Suzilla, on 05/14/2009, -1/+33"No, seriously, Buzz ... What'd ya do with the keys?"
- Devramos, on 05/14/2009, -4/+35Imagine if Twitter were around back then.
"Hey guys, I'm on the moon....soooo stoned right now." - snowcrazy, on 05/13/2009, -3/+33happy to be alive
- smazms, on 05/14/2009, -2/+28if the moon landings happened today, first thing he said on walking on the moon would be "PHUUUUUUURST" followed by everyone after him making snide remarks but obviously beeing jealous they were beaten to the punch
- bitrot, on 05/14/2009, -0/+25You must be tons of fun at parties.
- paulvq, on 05/14/2009, -1/+26Everyone ever notice how Buzz Aldrin got the shaft by being second?
- djlethal, on 05/14/2009, -3/+26Yeah, if you're lazy.
- JupiterLander, on 05/14/2009, -0/+21Holy ***** man walks on F****** Moon
http://members.shaw.ca/rlongpre01/moon.html - jpowell180, on 05/14/2009, -0/+20Agreed, and Neil and Buzz were both professionals who have repeatedly given proper kudos to all involved.
In fact, Neil has been pretty much publicity-shy.
Buzz hasn't, but he's been pretty much an extrovert (and cool as crap, punching out pussies who deny that he walked on the moon - and let's face it, the pussy dork DESERVED it!).
One factor in Neil's favor was that he was one guy who could keep his cool in a crisis - be it punching out of the "Flying Bedstead" to keeping control of things on the Gemini mission where they had to abort.
I'm not saying they don't breed them like that anymore, it's just that it would be refreshing to have worthy people like this in the forefront instead of unworthy folks like K-Fed and Paris Hilton, dammit. - takuansoho, on 05/14/2009, -1/+19Ground control to major tom...
- SomeRandomGuy, on 05/14/2009, -1/+17Um, no he didn't. He worked out what to say on the entire ride up.
- AReallyGoodName, on 05/14/2009, -1/+17Duuuude where's our planet?
- uglyMood, on 05/14/2009, -0/+15The astronauts used the Hasselblad 500EL camera, which was heavily modified. The cameras were left on the moon (now THERE'S the ultimate e-bay item). I doubt that the photo has been altered; the camera had absolutely top-quality optics. I've seen hundreds of high-resolution photos taken on the moon, and the level of detail is amazing. A good article on the moon camera: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/moo ... .
- leamanc, on 05/14/2009, -4/+18I was wondering who would be the first to wonder how they got such a "high resolution" photo. Hell, it didn't even have to be medium format. Film still beats 98% of the digital cameras on the market, if you know what to do with it. 10 years ago, no digital cameras really even compared with film.
Digital has only won because of convenience, not because of higher quality. - Chunandler, on 05/14/2009, -0/+14Yeah because you need a super computer to do everything..
- fyngyrz, on 05/14/2009, -5/+19Relief, my ass.
C'mon. If it was you, you'd be max happy, too. If you had any sense at all.
First human on the moon; first astronaut on the moon; lifelong dream accomplished, and not just his, but that of a whole raft of people; incredible technical project reaches goal...
Anyone who needs to second guess those tears should probably just go breathe from a car exhaust. - chadfaaborg, on 05/14/2009, -0/+13Oh, to have been him back in the late 60s! I can only imagine the surrealistic euphoria he must have felt - being the top dog of an ultra-exclusive club.....leaving the atmosphere, walking the moon & returning to the common, everyday comfort of his Florida living room lounge chair & slippers....all within about a week.
A truly amazing man & incredible life! - TexMexRex, on 05/14/2009, -1/+14Mr. Armstong's achievement was the colaborative work of tens of thousands of people, not the least of whom was Wernher von Braun who got his start working for.... well, you know.
- xyberjax, on 05/14/2009, -1/+13Just as well they didn't send a poet after all then.
- Phelyx, on 05/14/2009, -1/+12"That's one small step for a man... one giant leap for mankind."
Without the 'a' it doesn't make sense because "man" and "mankind" mean the same thing. With the 'a' in there, it becomes very meaningful. Difficult to hear in the recording, but sources who know about such things assure us that Neil said it correctly.
And yeah, that's an awesome photo. Hard to imagine what he was feeling at that moment. It's pretty staggering what those guys did. - Kristijan12, on 05/14/2009, -0/+11I would say that Yuri Gagarin is no less in greatness. Would you say that being first human in outer space is any less valuable achievement.
- stevenr21, on 05/14/2009, -0/+11i'd say both
- peteyb1313, on 05/14/2009, -1/+12Hilarious, i have to say i didnt even think of film
Crazy old people and their analogue world - CtrAltDel, on 05/14/2009, -3/+13http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdenE9NGMxM i knew this was totally accurate...
- stix213, on 05/14/2009, -3/+13About what I expected :)
The face of a man walking on the moon for the first time is a lot like a teen getting laid for the first time. - jdryyz, on 05/14/2009, -1/+11Wow. That's a high quality photo for the time. Is this from the NASA archive recovery project by any chance?
- uglyMood, on 05/14/2009, -0/+10Hey, at least he got to take a stroll on Luna. What about poor Michael Collins orbiting in the Command Module? He wrote a great book about it called "Carrying the Fire."
- blackmoth, on 05/14/2009, -1/+11Encounter with highly abnormal shark-like fish! Ten meters in length! Irregular markings! I tagged it dorsally with a homing dart!
- p51d007, on 05/14/2009, -0/+9I was almost 10 years old when they landed on the moon. In 1969, not a lot of homes had air conditioned air. It was a hot sticky July evening watching those first grainy images coming from the moon. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
- inactive, on 05/14/2009, -3/+12"Are we on the moon, or was that bud just too much?"
"Dude, I don't even know." - adml_shake, on 05/14/2009, -0/+8I'd say relief if you know anything about how badly the landing almost went and how close they were to calling it off at the last second.
- patburke1980, on 05/14/2009, -3/+11They should have sent a poet!
- chesstwin, on 05/14/2009, -0/+8ESTEBAN! Esteban! Esteban!
- mediaphile, on 05/14/2009, -1/+9Medium format film > medium format digital.
Get real. - christoast, on 05/14/2009, -0/+8Feels good man
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