Did we land on the moon?

[Dis]

yes

[Ethelred]

Well WE haven't been to the Moon but 12 men have been there.

It was pretty darn real looking on TV. Much more so than any fake could manage.

[Dis]

and don't get me started on the 1 light source thing like on the Fox tv special.

There is more than 1 light source in the sky

It's not like everything goes pitch black in the sky when the sun is on the opposite side of the earth

I shouldn't need to explain more. You can figure it out.

[monkspider]

The only thing that really ever made me question the moon landing was how scripted the astronauts dialogue was. "The Eagle has Landed", "A small step for man, a giant leap for mankind". It all sounded like some government pundit penned the whole thing.

I think the Onion's "Holy **** it's the ****ing moon, this is ****ing crazy" would be far more realistic.

[Asher]

When you know you're being recorded in the history books as you're doing it, I'm pretty sure you'd show some restraint and write your speech before hand. I know I would.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Dissident
and don't get me started on the 1 light source thing like on the Fox tv special.

There is more than 1 light source in the sky

It's not like everything goes pitch black in the sky when the sun is on the opposite side of the earth

I shouldn't need to explain more. You can figure it out.

The most important effect is probably ground-scatter of sunlight, followed by earthlight. Starlight is probably unimportant...

[monkspider]

Originally posted by Asher
When you know you're being recorded in the history books as you're doing it, I'm pretty sure you'd show some restraint and write your speech before hand. I know I would.

Good point, they just said so calmly though. It made me wonder even before questioning the Lunar Landings was fashionable.

[Asher]

Originally posted by monkspider
Good point, they just said so calmly though. It made me wonder even before questioning the Lunar Landings was fashionable.

When you've got a limited supply of oxygen, and doing something no man has ever done before, and in a very dangerous environment -- I don't see it as out of the ordinary for the astronauts not to run around shriking "OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD"

[KrazyHorse]

I'd love to have said something like:

"Holy ****, man, this is like mindblowing. We're on the goddamn moon in a goddamn spaceship!"

[Dis]

they are military men

The speech made sense to me. You'd have to see career military officers to get an idea how they think.

[Hurricane]

Or "Nice beach", "Go get the beers, Buzz"

[Sava]

OMG, they landed on the moon... for pete's sake...

[Dauphin]

Neil Armstrong:

"One small step for (a) man" [pauses after realising he's fluffed his line and ommited tha "a"] "One giant leap for mankind".

[Alex]

I'd say: "Is this it?"

Phew.

[SpencerH]

While not a disbeliever, the flag suddenly blowing in the wind was a little odd.