One Small Step for Man...

Didymus · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:28 pm

One giant leap for mankind.

Remember those words? I was just a few months old when they were spoken exactly 36 years ago today, on July 20, 1969.

HAPPY MOON DAY!

Acekirby · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:29 pm

Yay! Moon Day!

Er...or hoax day? :mrgreen:

Nah, I believe they landed there. But has it been 36 years already? :eek:

The Noid · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:30 pm

For Moon day, i will change my av to my special av!!!

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:33 pm

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:34 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

Whoa. That's awesome. Now I know where the Apollos landed.

Smorky · **Joined:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:26 am **Posts:** 775

It's great how it turns into cheese when you zoom in all the way.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:49 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

They are all in the same area, NASA could have at least tried to land some where else.

The Moon landings were cool, I don't think they were a hoax. I hope that we get to see them have a Mars landing soon.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:52 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

InterruptorJones wrote:

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

They are all in the same area, NASA could have at least tried to land some where else.

Well, the had to make sure that they didn't land on the Dark Side of the moon, or else they would be lost in an infinate blackness.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:06 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

They are all in the same area, NASA could have at least tried to land some where else.

Take a look at this image:

I wouldn't exactly call that "all in the same area." I'm just guesstimating, but I'd say that the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 sites are at least 1,000 miles apart.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:08 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

Beyond the Grave wrote:

They are all in the same area, NASA could have at least tried to land some where else.

Take a look at this image:

I wouldn't exactly call that "all in the same area." I'm just guesstimating, but I'd say that the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 sites are at least 1,000 miles apart.

In the google pic it looked like they were all close together. This pic looks much better.

Black Metal · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:34 pm

No Smorking wrote:

It's great how it turns into cheese when you zoom in all the way.

I just noticed that. Good find. anyways I'm not sure if I believe in outer space, but irregardless (which in acuality isn't a real word, but merely a misconception) Happy Moon Day.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:51 pm

Happy Moon Day!!
That Cheese thing, priceless!

I wish you could zoom in to see the landing sites, but I'm guessing those pictures are sat. pics, so seeing the landing sites on them would be impossible. Still, it'd be a pretty pretty cool.
I like the moon!

On a related note, the Saturn V rocket on display at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL is undergoing a restoration. If you ever get a chance, you should check that thing out. The diagrams you see of it next to school buses and stuff give you no idea how big it is. You have to see one in person to truly appreciate the size. IT'S HUGE!

Now, in honor of their flight, I'm gonna go drink a bottle of soy sauce and fly my house to the moooooooooooooooooooon!

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

Black Metal wrote:

anyways I'm not sure if I believe in outer space,

What? You don't believe in outer space?

What is that big thing up in the sky at night, then?

1-Up Cheatachu · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:41 pm

Black Metal wrote:

No Smorking wrote:

It's great how it turns into cheese when you zoom in all the way.

I just noticed that. Good find. anyways I'm not sure if I believe in outer space, but irregardless (which in acuality isn't a real word, but merely a misconception) Happy Moon Day.

That cheese thing is great.

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:42 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

Man, that thing is so cool. I can't believe it's been 36 years. Seems like yesterdsy when I was watching the landing on the TV. But back then we only had an old Black and White TV. Times were tough then.....

The Smiling Assassin · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:59 pm

Wow, 36 years. Cool.

I didn't even know there were that many Apollos.

Happy Moon Day!

Puphles · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:08 pm

Teh Google Moon thing is really cool, although I admit, it is kind of [pun intended]CHEESY![/pun intended]

The Chessman · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:21 pm

Happy Moon Day! On an interesting side note, did you know Neil Armstrong actually flubbed his line, which is now one of the most famous lines in America? It was supposed to be "This is one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind. If you don't believe me, check out Snopes! http://www.snopes.com/quotes/onesmall.asp

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:32 pm

Hooray for the moon! By the way, did you know ducks live on it?

extremejon09 · **Joined:** Mon May 10, 2004 10:28 pm **Posts:** 4675

StrongRad wrote:

Happy Moon Day!!
I like the moon!

Rock on Quiznos. Rock on.

Black Metal · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:53 am

FireBird wrote:

Black Metal wrote:

anyways I'm not sure if I believe in outer space,

What? You don't believe in outer space?

What is that big thing up in the sky at night, then?

A projection or perhaps a painting. The moon MIGHT be real though. I'm not sure. Space seems too impossible to be real. Its probably just a hoax.
Dinosaurs are DIFINATELY a hoax, though.

Smorky · **Joined:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:26 am **Posts:** 775

It's definitely not a painting. Paintings don't change (unless someone in Harry Potter made it?). I guess a procection is possible, but what would they project it onto? And where would they project it from so you can see it from anywhere on Earth? And where would they get all the time and money to make all the stuff? Are you saying that there is no space and the only thing that exists is the earth? Sorry for all the questions.

Didymus · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:37 am

I didn't see Apollo 13 on there anywhere. I wonder why?

porplemontage · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:16 am

Didymus wrote:

I didn't see Apollo 13 on there anywhere. I wonder why?

That's because Apollo 13 went to Mars, not the moon. That's a common misconception.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:21 am

Didymus wrote:

I didn't see Apollo 13 on there anywhere. I wonder why?

Well, since NASA grounded Lt. Dan (for fear of measles) and still let Forrest onto the space craft, some bad things happened, and it didn't get to land on teh moon... You can see their planned landing site (the Frau Mauro Highlands) because that's where Apollo 14 landed.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:28 pm

Didymus wrote:

I didn't see Apollo 13 on there anywhere. I wonder why?

Does the line, "Houston, have a problem," ring a bell.

Didymus · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:39 pm

I like SR's explanation better: Forrest Gump pushed the wrong button again.

[Accent=slow heavy drawl] "I guess I shounta pushed none of them butt-tons! My mama told me not to push no butt-tons unless I knows what they dooeees!" [/accent]

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

Didymus wrote:

[Accent=slow heavy drawl] "I guess I shounta pushed none of them butt-tons! My mama told me not to push no butt-tons unless I knows what they dooeees!" [/accent]

That made my day.

Kind of reminds me of Yogi Bear. "Do you know where my pic-a-nic basket is?"

breadtangle o' pizza · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:55 pm

Acekirby wrote:

Beyond the Grave wrote:

InterruptorJones wrote:

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

They are all in the same area, NASA could have at least tried to land some where else.

Well, the had to make sure that they didn't land on the Dark Side of the moon, or else they would be lost in an infinate blackness.

If they landed on the dark side of the moon they would have been the victims of some serious brain damage. A lot of time and money would have been wasted.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:13 pm

teh breadtanglez0r wrote:

Acekirby wrote:

Beyond the Grave wrote:

InterruptorJones wrote:

To commemorate the occasion, Google has released Google Moon.

They are all in the same area, NASA could have at least tried to land some where else.

Well, the had to make sure that they didn't land on the Dark Side of the moon, or else they would be lost in an infinate blackness.

If they landed on the dark side of the moon they would have been the victims of some serious brain damage. A lot of time and money would have been wasted.

There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

Kudos to everyone who gets that.

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