The Moon Landing
The Moon Landing took place on July 20, 1969, and is approximately when the future started to happen.
Just The Facts
- The Apollo 11 mission led the first human landing on the moon
- Neil Armstrong has gained fame for being the first human to ever set foot on the moon
- Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, was honored in an homage by the character Buzz Lightyear
- Apparently nobody gives a shit about Michael Collins, the guy who actually piloted the damn rocket to the moon
Cracked on the Moon Landing
Aliens, you'd better watch your fucking backs.
BECAUSE AMERICA HAS JUST ENTERED THE MOTHERFUCKING BUILDING
The Moon Landing was the first of NASA's manned missions to the moon, titled Apollo 11. NASA was originally going to title the mission Killrocket, but this was abandoned because it wasn't a rocket and nothing was killed. That we know of...
The mission had four astronauts guiding the ship to the small lunar mass of wonder: world-famous icon Neil Armstrong, less-popular but still well lied astronaut Buzz Aldrin, forgotten-by-history astronaut Michael Collins, and Sam Rockwell on a drug-flashback:
America was inspired to fly a manned mission to the moon for two reasons. The first reason is that John F. Kennedy's assassination motivated NASA scientists to honor his memory by completing his goal of landing a man on the moon before the 70s. The second reason is that those goddamned soulless commie Soviets were making inroads in the Space Race with the Sputnik satellite and various other things launched into space (including dogs). The Moon Landing is also remembered as one of the most patriotic displays of American ingenuity ever.
HOLY SHIT!
At the time (and probably still today), the Moon Landing was one of humanity's greatest technological and scientific achievements. To date, it is the first time that any species of planet Earth had successfully survived, albeit for a short amount of time, on a foreign celestial body. A few other manned missions to the moon occurred after the successful launch of the Apollo 11, but none were as awesome.
Positive Outcomes of the Moon Landing
- The USA won the Cold War.
- The first actual photograph of the Earth was taken, and it is awe inspiring:
- We learned much about the Moon and our surrounding galaxy as a result of the mission
- The quote "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was said. This is a very badass sentence.
- We made a good first impression with possible aliens:
Negative Outcomes of the Moon Landing
I don't think the moon landing was a waste of money. Certainly not the most brazen one, at least. We spend more on unpopular conflicts every year than every year of NASA's budget combined.
ReplyPeople always talk about how landing on the moon was a waste of money. I agree that the act in itself was a waste of money, we basically learned nothing and so far haven't gone anywhere with it. However, I think we are so used to Apollo 11 being taught to us that we forget what it was like watching an astronaut on the moon for the first time as children. It was f*****g awesome. America puts too much emphasis on flash, especially back then, but there is fulfillment in doing the impossible just to prove it is not so.
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Did you know that the famous first words uttered on the moon were flubbed? Instead of "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" Armstrong meant to say "That's one small step for A man (referring to himself), one giant leap for mankind." Makes more sense now doesn't it?
ReplyEverybody always knew what he meant,though.
The plane didn't do much for globalization. Still doesn't. It's usually ships that carry bulk cargo.
ReplyLOL loved the Alien punchline.
ReplyI'd say most of the significance is about the Cold War. Obviously we had to go to the moon before the Ruskies! Damn commies! Anything you can do I can do better!
ReplyWhat about exporting women? Russia takes the cake for that.
Yes, but but we are taking their hot women, we got the better part of the deal.
that photograph of the earthrise from the moon was actually taken the year before on Apollo 8 and it wasn't the first full photo of the Earth.
ReplyThe Apollo 8 crew took a picture of the whole earth the first opportunity they had while still accelerating away from Earth
Thanks Buzzkill Aldrin
^ Saw that coming
Not sure if this is a fact, but I read before that people often misquote Neil Armstrong. It's actually "One small step for static (he says a at this point)man, one giant leap for mankind." The "a man" he was was referring to was supposedly himself.
Reply Hide All See All 4 RepliesHe was suppoesed to say that but he accidently left out the "a" entirely. He was pretty embaressed when he found out that he got the quote he went several thousand miles to deliver wrong.
But in the end we all get what he was trying to say so it's all good.
No, it was "That's one small step forYOUSHOULDKILLUSALLONSIGHTman, one giant leap for mankind."
Doctor Who FTW!
Does no one consider the fact that there is no atmosphere on the moon, yet the American flag is gracefully dancing in the breeze in that image above...OWNAGE!!!!
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesI can't help but wonder how anything can be "dancing" in a still photograph. Also, if you'll remove the stupid from your eyes and look a bit closer, you will see the rod running through the top of the flag that served to keep it unfurled in the vacuum of space.
Also, since there is no atmosphere and the gravity is about 1/6 of Earth's, any energy transferred to the flag while it was being planted into the moon's surface would stick around for a while before eventually dissappating into the ground.
Suck my physics.
the video shows that its not dancing in the wind. also if u think it was filmed on a sound stage, your dumb cuz there is no wind on a sound stage. unless the doors open (soemthing they wouldnt have done if it was in secret.) also satelite TV and cellphones work, so we can get into space easily enough, and the moon really isn't that much further.
not too mention the reflectors that astronauts put up there. If you have the right laser you can point it at the moon at a certain spot and get a bounced back signal. If you are going to pick a conspiracy theory, pick a good one.
yah suck his physics
who set the camera up was that the first man on the moon
ReplyThe camera is inside the lander when Armstrong first stepped foot on the Moon. Watch the video.
Don't know if this is true, but I read somewhere that Neil Armstrong stepped out first, but then they realized they needed to film it so he went back in while Buzz set the camera up and Neil stepped for the "First time" again.
Provided I didn't make this up, then the conspiracy theorists are partially right: It was staged!
no mention of crazy conspiracy theories?
ReplyThey really aren't worth mentioning, even if we all think of them. The important thing is WE SHOT OURSELVES OFF OF OUR PLANET CAREENING TOWARDS A SPACE ROCK AND MADE IT BACK. So f*****g awesome.
facts facts facts. interesting. then BOOM. alien! haha great
Replyactually it's not the first photo of the earth did anyone else catch that?
ReplyDude its incredible.
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I love that we landed on the moon. For millenia it has looked down upon us, in contempt.
ReplyWell f**k you moon. We landed on you. We landed the s**t out of you. Who's the f*****g loser now you dick?
Neil Armstrong miss-spoke because of the excitement. It was supposed to be one small step for A man....
sorry i was trying to respond to the below comment
>The quote "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was said. This is a very badass sentence.
ReplyShame it makes no sense since "Man" and "Mankind" are essentially the same thing. It was clearly supposed to be "That's one small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind"
We landed on the f*****g moon! Stop acting like you're too cool to appreciate this!
ReplyThe famous earth picture was taken on Apollo 8, The first mission to orbit the moon. Sure they didn't land, but they went around the moon on Christmas. Way more impressive than the actually Apollo 11 moon landing in my personal opinion.
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