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Old 25-07-2013, 04:56 PM
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I'm Gen Y (pretty sure..LOL) and I was not even a twinkle in the eye of my father when all this went down. I however believe that it is one of human kinds greatest achievements. What I want to know is how come in the 40 years since, is there no moon base alpha or neo tokyo on the moon? i think its time to get this done so we have somewhere to launch from for asteroid mining and further manned missions of the solar system...
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Old 25-07-2013, 05:36 PM
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Who let the cat out. Yeah... Right. Well if that's all you can do its not really funny.

As one who watched the first landing live - and Armstrong's first steps - it's still offensive. The world was a very different place - no conspiracy theorists, for starters.

In some ways I hold StarWars and all that followed fro Hollywood (Hollowood IMHO) as largely responsible for destroying the reality of this achievement. Gen X/Y/Z think it is easy, that it is trivial, and have no idea of the magnitude of NASA's achievement in that era. To have watched it live is still a rare privilege and anyone poking fun at it is merely displaying grotesque ignorance and disrespect.
WOW What side of the bed did you get out off
Lighten up, We are mainly astronomers on this site and as such are well aware of the doubters,but also have a funny bone, and can appreciate a bit of humor now and again
I for one found it amusing , and you should too.
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Old 25-07-2013, 06:11 PM
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Im constantly amazed at peoples reactions to, in my mind, absolutely nothing statements about nothing in particular .. IE stuff thats not really important ... Nice one Ric .. funny as .. doesnt conjure up any under stated or mocked feelings towards the endevour of those apollo 11 guys to me .. just a funny picture .. Wavytone .. you need ta open a bottle of bundy n throw the lid away and enjoy !!!!
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Old 25-07-2013, 06:19 PM
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Haha love memes!
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Old 25-07-2013, 08:33 PM
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Was that the cat that chewed his new shoes,

Now you know why there are no mice on the big piece of cheese

Another one that watched in awe , clippings, models you name it I had it, in fact I've still got a model of the Apollo on my desk.
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