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Moon Art [Chat]

ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
We've left a lot of random stuff on the moon. Cars:
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Golf Balls:

Silver Naval Astronaut Pin (imagine the picture is silver)
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And one piece of art.

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That small statue on laying in the lunar dust is Fallen Astronaut. The small plaque with the names of the astronauts and cosmonauts who had died during the process of space exploration.

Theodore Freeman (October 31, 1964, aircraft accident)
Charles Bassett (February 28, 1966, aircraft accident)
Elliot See (February 28, 1966, aircraft accident)
Gus Grissom (January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 fire)
Roger B. Chaffee (January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 fire)
Edward White (January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 fire)
Vladimir Komarov (April 24, 1967, Soyuz 1 re-entry parachute failure)
Edward Givens (June 6, 1967 automobile accident)
Clifton Williams (October 5, 1967, aircraft accident)
Yuri Gagarin (March 27, 1968, aircraft accident)
Pavel Belyayev (January 10, 1970, disease)
Georgy Dobrovolsky (June 30, 1971, Soyuz 11 re-entry pressurization failure)
Viktor Patsayev (June 30, 1971, Soyuz 11 re-entry pressurization failure)
Vladislav Volkov (June 30, 1971, Soyuz 11 re-entry pressurization failure)

Two names, Valentin Bondarenko and Grigori Nelyubov, are not on that list because their deaths were not known in the West at the time.

The statue was made by Paul van Hoeydonck. It was brought up on Apollo 15 and placed there in a small ceremony on the Moon by Cmdr David Scott. It was designed to represent no sex or ethnicity. It is 3.3 inches tall and made out of aluminium. It's designed to survive the extended temperature changes it faces on the moon. These are the things that everyone involved agree on. There are 50 copies. 48 in Van Hoeydonck's posession, 1 in the possession of the Smithsonian, and 1 owned by the Belgian Royal Family. Beyond this point we have two differing accounts. One from Van Hoeydonck and one from Cmdr Scott.

Cmdr Scott intended it to be a memorial to fallen astronauts and says he made that clear. Van Hoeydonck intended for it to be a publicly known piece. And it's lead to bitter issues between them ever since. Now you'd think that the first piece of art left on the Moon would be a bigger deal but it became mired in scandal. After Apollo 15 returned to Earth, it was learned that the Apollo 15 astronauts had brought 398 postal covers to the Moon, with the understanding that 100 were to be turned over to a German stamp dealer. It was one of those political scandals that wasn't really a scandal but made a lot of noise and caused a lot of people to question how tightly tied together commercial interests were with the Space Program and Nixon quietly began to cut funding. Fallen Astronaut became tied into this when Van Heoydonck wanted to sell reproductions. And then the whole thing faded from public consciousness.

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  • ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    geth loves da moon

    da moon rulez

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    PSN/XBL: Zampanov -- Steam: Zampanov
  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Space?

    Space!

    SPAAAACE!

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    ahahahhaaha when i saw that little notification pop up

    and knew i had absolutely nothing prepared for a [chat] thread

    and all you little people pining to be the one

    it would have been glorious

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • MimMim I prefer my lovers… dead.Registered User regular
    Geth, you asshole

  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    brand new sbtrkt / vampire weekend collaboration dropped a few days ago

    i'm obligated to like the song but i just can't

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Suck it Mim.

  • MimMim I prefer my lovers… dead.Registered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Suck it Mim.

    I'm going to snatch your wig, Thom

  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    No one tell my wife that you can make home made mozzarella. Home made detergent and vanilla is enough

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    QEDMF xbl: PantsB G+
  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    getting a head start on turning the moon into the yard of a redneck family

  • DelmainDelmain Registered User regular
    God damnit Geth.

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    Mim wrote: »
    Geth, you asshole

    Space tho

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    override367 on
  • GonmunGonmun He keeps kickin' me in the dickRegistered User regular
    desc wrote: »
    ~ * swole patrol flying roundhouse kick top performer recognition: April 2014 * ~
    If you have a sec, check out my podcast: War and Beast Twitter Facebook
  • cptruggedcptrugged I think it has something to do with free will. Registered User regular
    Damn. Educational [chat]. I had no idea this existed.

    Very good stuff.

  • SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    Obvious hoax, where are the wailers?!

    Steam: SanderJK Origin: SanderJK
  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    Mim wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Suck it Mim.

    I'm going to snatch your wig, Thom

    I just don't understand flirting anymore

    /old

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    QEDMF xbl: PantsB G+
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    getting a head start on turning the moon into the yard of a redneck family

    lunar rover up on cinderblocks

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • shadowaneshadowane Registered User regular
    @Sarksus‌ I've made my own mozzarella cheese and honestly it's not going to save you a lot of money instead of just buying it. Even ignoring the time it takes to make it, you have to use a decent whole milk which can cost around $4 for a gallon and that all just makes around a baseball or softball sized bunch of mozzarella. It's just not really worth it to save money. It is fun, though, and does taste really good.

  • zagdrobzagdrob Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    ahahahhaaha when i saw that little notification pop up

    and knew i had absolutely nothing prepared for a [chat] thread

    and all you little people pining to be the one

    it would have been glorious

    You can tell who has a chat ready and who pulls one out of their ass by how topical the threat title & OP are.

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    Eddy wrote: »
    brand new sbtrkt / vampire weekend collaboration dropped a few days ago

    i'm obligated to like the song but i just can't

    hmm i am going to be lazy and take your word for it and not listen yet

    here let's watch this music video again:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsfftwLUf0

    poo
  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    ive been mim the whole time

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    Geth bet 2d100 points on 70 hours

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    QEDMF xbl: PantsB G+
  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    Also, upstate ny should have plenty of locally produced curd

    wineries carry the fuck outta that shit for drunk food at any rate

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Haha Mim lost.

    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
  • zagdrobzagdrob Registered User regular
    Geth bet 250 points on 56 hours

  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    shadowane wrote: »
    Sarksus‌ I've made my own mozzarella cheese and honestly it's not going to save you a lot of money instead of just buying it. Even ignoring the time it takes to make it, you have to use a decent whole milk which can cost around $4 for a gallon and that all just makes around a baseball or softball sized bunch of mozzarella. It's just not really worth it to save money. It is fun, though, and does taste really good.

    UGH I WANT TO MAKE CHEESE AND SAVE 50% IN COSTS

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
  • MimMim I prefer my lovers… dead.Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Cinders wrote: »
    Mim wrote: »
    Geth, you asshole

    Space tho

    FUCK SPACE

    (not really, space don't be like that you know i love you girl don't be like that baby)

    Mim on
  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    i mean if you like nu-dance or whatever the fuck kinda music you wanna call whatever ezra koenig has been doing recently

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • cptruggedcptrugged I think it has something to do with free will. Registered User regular
    ive been mim the whole time

    You were inside Mim the whole time...

    Wait...

  • GonmunGonmun He keeps kickin' me in the dickRegistered User regular
    Geth bet 300 points on 58 hours

    desc wrote: »
    ~ * swole patrol flying roundhouse kick top performer recognition: April 2014 * ~
    If you have a sec, check out my podcast: War and Beast Twitter Facebook
  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Poor meem

    Geth, bet all my points that mim doesn't make the next chat either

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    i am supposed to do day 2 of couch to 5k today but i am so hungover

    this is an inauspicious beginning to my running career

    hopefully this isn't one of those all-day hangovers, but it's making a good attempt at it

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    shadowane wrote: »
    Sarksus‌ I've made my own mozzarella cheese and honestly it's not going to save you a lot of money instead of just buying it. Even ignoring the time it takes to make it, you have to use a decent whole milk which can cost around $4 for a gallon and that all just makes around a baseball or softball sized bunch of mozzarella. It's just not really worth it to save money. It is fun, though, and does taste really good.

    The yield from curd is pretty good and it makes the fresh stuff that goes for about ten bucks a lub.
    It's a fun project, but it's not really a huge cost saver.

  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Mim wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Suck it Mim.

    I'm going to snatch your wig, Thom

    All natural baby.

  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot OMG WRIGGLY T O X O P L A S M O S I SRegistered User regular
    i am meeting mr wriggly today and bringing him home

    aiee!

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    Nicky Minaj's new record cover is quite something.

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    i am meeting mr wriggly today and bringing him home

    aiee!

    Is that a kitty

    Or a butler

    WAIT OMG IS IT A KITTY BUTLER?! EEEEEEE!!!

    Neco on
  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    Bogart this SUSD article about Leigh learning Netrunner is dopedope. There is some human condition inside!

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