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- trekkie, on 07/20/2009, -1/+15i think people that didn't participate don't understand how it was a world-wide event when world-wide events were not something that happened - ever.
The celebration in *every* country was huge. Countries that didn't talk to each other, just that 'we did it'.
It saddens me that anyone 'thinks' this 'didn't happen'. It only shows how uneducated, and purely ignorant they are. - inactive, on 07/20/2009, -1/+9"Are you sure we made it to the moon?"
YES. - idbjoshm, on 07/20/2009, -1/+9My calculus teacher from high school, who is russian, and lived in Soviet Union at the time, said that red blooded Soviets crowded around the television to watch Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. While USA has the bragging rights to say the first man on the moon was American, the moon landing is mankind's greatest achievement.
- RealmDown, on 07/20/2009, -0/+7Great joy as I remember the accomplishment, and great pride mixed with sadness as I remember those who willingly risked their lives for a dream. Al, Ed, and Gus from Apollo I --- we still remember.
- AmazingSteve, on 07/20/2009, -0/+6When I think of of advancements made in aviation and computer technology over a 40 year span, I want to weep at the prospect of where we'd be today had they just kept going. Instead we ended up with a floating laboratory, and what amounts to a glorified pick up truck for hauling ***** into low earth orbit. Now the Shuttle and the ISS are both great technical achievements but if you told someone at NASA in 1969 that Americans would be relying on the Russians for a ride into space after 2010, and that it would only be into orbit, you'd have been laughed out of the room if not outright attacked. Amazing things have been done and yes, people have been lost but I just feel like NASA has pissed away the last 40 years.
- bb112266, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5Yes we did go to the moon:
Mythbusters Moon Landing photo hoax 1 & 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wym04J_3Ls0&fea ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtWMz51eL0Y&fea ... - pathouston22, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5Here is an excellent story about this guys experience with the Apollo landing, he was a POW in Vietnam at the time.
http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&s ... - alpha19, on 07/20/2009, -1/+6It's funny, because that fatass never said anything. He just said "They recorded over the tapes". Yes... that's what they said. How does that prove it was faked? Oh, because they recorded over the tapes.... WTF LISTEN TO YOURSELF FAT *****.
- protogenxl, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5What Apollo means to me.
Endless Lulz obtained from encouraging the conspiracy wing nuts. - rocknog, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5Thanks for the brainwashing, public school system. I saw the title and my first thought was "*****, I have to write a five paragraph essay!?"
- Scottamus, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/
- yikiad, on 07/20/2009, -1/+5yes, now shut the ***** up
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/l ... - bizchris, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3It almost makes you want to punch someone, doesn't it?
- BaphClass, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Pete Conrad: We salute you, and those lovely teeth of yours.
- camaroz06, on 07/20/2009, -1/+4Too bad we haven't had any achievements like this over the past few years (maybe decades?). Nothing to really inspire youth to go out and study for science based jobs. Instead of articles like this one in time we'll be reading: What (insert name of non-offensive singer) winning American Idol meant to me.
Why cant we all just get along and put together a multinational mission back to the Moon then Mars? - PhoenixAvatar2, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Since you seem to like spamming that link I'll just copy what I replied with last time.
omg, that was pathetic. - MrSpontaneous, on 07/20/2009, -1/+4I think what makes this unique is how such an important moment for mankind (not just a specific nation) was captured and archived for later generations to experience.
- RawOysters, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2I grew up in Titusville, Florida and saw every Apollo launch from my rooftop. My mom had 2 habits every launch. First go the grocery store and get 3 weeks worth of food and supplies. At launch time there would be a million people crowded along the shores of the Indian River and they would literally clean the shelves of our grocery stores in a town of 25,000. The second was to empty the shelves of our China cabinet and all her Hummels because the house would begin to shake about 20 seconds after liftoff.
She worked at McDonnell Douglas as a micro assembler. In those days the circuit boards were assembled by hand under a microscope. She assembled many of the circuit boards that went into the Apollo capsules. We still have framed photos of a lot of them that she worked on. I didn't realize till I got older just how important her work was and how lucky I was to grow up in such a place and at such a time. Many fond memories. - LuxFX, on 07/20/2009, -1/+3Phil once again shows he is not only a solid scientist and skeptic, but also a very good writer. If only there were more like that!
- HappyNihilist, on 07/20/2009, -1/+3I think there's plenty of blame to go around, not just for NASA. A big chunk of the American public has always been short-sighted about the space program. "Blah blah spend those billions down here on Earth..." They don't see how small the NASA budget is compared to other Federal programs and how many benefits it produces in the long-run. Congress loves to play on this and NASA becomes a whipping-boy for grandstanding "budget cutters." NASA needs to be far more efficient, yes, but they can only do what the public wants them to - and wants to pay for.
As far as hitching a ride with the Russians, that's not yet a given. Thanks to recent political events, the Administration is looking at possibly extending the shuttle's operating life to close the gap until the Ares and Orion are online. Besides, part of the Russian space budget is subsidized by the U.S. and other countries participating in the ISS so, technically, we own part of their launch vehicles. - kingmanic, on 07/20/2009, -1/+3Are you sure we actually have an Internet and not just a very convincing extremely elaborate AI on your desk?
- kbaird, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2Great telling. I can't even imagine what an Apollo launch must have sounded and felt like from 3 miles away, let alone from atop it.
- gdo01, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2Following it right now. 7 minutes till touchdown.
- Rethcir, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Apollo means to me that you can put on 50 lbs then lose it in 1 hour by working out twice.
- kingmanic, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1There isn't much political credit for space travel. It's a pity for sure. simply put there are a lot of people against this sort of expenditure because they don't value science. There are also people who'd prefer if the relatively minuscule NASA budget were spent on more practical things.
- bb112266, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1It was more than stepping on the moon. It was bring all kinds of people together at one place. That place was not just the moon in itself, but a perfect harmony that has never been reproduced today. That place is called "tolerance." At that moment, we all watched together the same thing at the same time not caring about male or female, Jew or Gentile, young or old, or any differences that has separated before. That is why has made is so powerful after 40 years.
- pegothejerk, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Yes. Nothing intelligent would manufacture 4chan just to convince a viewer.
- Nebarik, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1enjoying that cell phone and countless other technologies that directly resulted from research from NASA?
- elijah154, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1One of my fondest memories is when I was five (5) yrs old standing on the shore of Daytona beach with my Dad. He kept telling me to watch the sky for the rocket ship that was going to the moon (Dad says I called it an upside down candle). Later in life, I came to realize the importance of the event not only for myself, but for America and for mankind in general. We had explored this Earth for thousands of years and only dreamed of going to the stars we saw in heaven. Now, we were placing our footprints on one of these heavenly bodies.
We must regain the same national spirit that we had back in the 60's and reach for the stars again. We need to quit spending money on useless failed welfare and bailout projects and place funds into the space program. This would truly generate thousands of jobs, new medical and technology breakthroughs, and who knows what else we could accomplish. We choose to go ! - budboomer, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Ed, Gus, and Roger.
White, Grissom, Chaffee. - RealmDown, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Of course it was Roger, my bad. I answered too quick and was distracted. Consider it a brain freeze.
- AmazingSteve, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Clearly, you're an idiot.
- endigg, on 07/20/2009, -0/+0check out Tom sachs's re-enactment of the space program:
http://tomsachs.org/exhibition/space-program - Tzen, on 07/20/2009, -1/+1Apollo? I think he was in Rocky II.
- PuffyPuf, on 07/20/2009, -1/+1He walked on the moon, you superficial jerk.
- UberGeek404, on 07/20/2009, -3/+3When JFK (D) said "Let's go to the moon", LBJ (D) kept spending money on it and so did Nixon (R), but the D's ran congress and didn't want the R's to keep going (because Nixon might get some credit.) so they cut the ***** out of NASA's budget. It never recovered, and 40 years later we have "low earth orbit" projects that are prefect "make work" BS.
Now when Bush (R) said "Let's go the Mars" the D's said why bother? (see above) And their Bama-man will gut the program and make it an international (read expensive and slow) robot project. No guts, no glory.
These jerks have stomped on the future, just to give away the store (Goldman, unions, etc) to their friends. That's the short history of American prowess in space - OrqwithVagrant, on 07/20/2009, -0/+0Did I miss something? Last I looked, Obama was giving NASA the biggest budget boost it's had in a very long time in the 2010 budget.
- lusenok2, on 07/21/2009, -1/+1What does it mean to me?
Huge and meaningless waste of resources.
Cancer cured yet? - Presbyterian, on 07/20/2009, -1/+0http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7021303. ...
"Dr von Braun, who had masterminded America's lunar programme, intended to send astronauts on an initial excursion to the Red Planet lasting two years, with a fly-by of Venus on the journey home
The mission was to reach Mars by 1982.....But by the end of the 1960s, politicians and the media had had their fill of space; the timing was also wrong economically. As a result, the proposal fell on deaf ears." - PuffyPuf, on 07/20/2009, -3/+0Phil Plait called. He said, "Enough about me . . . what do YOU think about me?"
- freddiedolphin, on 07/20/2009, -3/+0The NASA photos are proved to be Photoshopped at this site:
http://moon.eu-tube.com - Kelly64, on 07/20/2009, -7/+1Phil Plait recounts his personal Apollo memories- a very inspiring and touching read
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