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Apollo 11 is stranded on the moon.

DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
edited April 2009 in Social Entropy++
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the Moon to rest in peace.

These brave men know there is no hope for their recovery but they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.

These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.

They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.

In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.

In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood. Others will follow and surely find their way home. Man’s search will not be denied but these men were the first and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.

For every human being who looks up at the Moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.

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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    god that is a speech

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I watched this flick a couple weeks ago called Shadow of the Moon

    It was like interviews with astronauts in the Apollo program

    pretty much the whole program in their words filled with old footage

    amazing flick

    #pipe on
  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    hopefully they had space-guns with space-bullets so they didn't have to sit around and die from space-starving-to-death

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  • FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Article fails for misquoting one of the most famous lines in American history right off the bat.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    yes, clearly leaving off the first word of the sentence, which most people forget is there in the first place, invalidates the content of the rest of the piece

    it's so obvious!

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    #pipe wrote: »
    I watched this flick a couple weeks ago called Shadow of the Moon

    It was like interviews with astronauts in the Apollo program

    pretty much the whole program in their words filled with old footage

    amazing flick
    The soundtrack was phenomenal, too. Great movie all around.

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    yes, clearly leaving off the first word of the sentence, which most people forget is there in the first place, invalidates the content of the rest of the piece

    it's so obvious!

    he probably means that the quote "really" should go "one small step for a man..."

    not that that makes much of a difference

    I mean, yeah, without the "a" the quote doesn't make any sense, but that's the way everyone knows it anyway

    edit: and a quick glance at wiki leads me to believe the "a" wasn't actually said, even though he must have meant to put it in there. it certainly wasn't heard.

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    he also said "...one small step for a man..."

    that little article helps a lot more with the understanding of what he meant than your quarrel with this author's decision on sentence pacing and structure.

    edit: oh hello Red!

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    pffft, like we ever went to the moon

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    needs to shout KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN at the end

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Also apparently the quote is "Houston we had a problem."

    There was some interference and Houston was all "what was that?"

    And it was repeated as "had a problem."

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
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    No way!

    WE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    of all the times i have heard the actual piece of audio, i have never heard so much as a suggestion of a man, even though i know that's what he was supposed to have said

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    what was that mini-series Tom Hanks did about NASA and the moon landings? It was incredible, I set riveted in front of the screen and gobbled it all up

    Tom Hanks knows his shit

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    so why aren't we on mars yet

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
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    No way!

    WE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!

    :whistle:If you believe
    We put a man on the moon
    man on the moooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnn:whistle:

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    let's get down to business, though.

    Whitey on the Moon - Gil Scott-Heron

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

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  • FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Wren wrote: »
    so why aren't we on mars yet

    Nasa is a bloated institution that isn't interested in much more than PR stunts like the International Space Station.

    The real question is why aren't we on the moon, harvesting all that delicious helium 3

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    let's get down to business, though.

    Whitey on the Moon - Gil Scott-Heron

    comments on this one are good

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Wren wrote: »
    so why aren't we on mars yet

    Simply put, we will need another cold war with some rival super power announcing that they will have that glory.


    To which we'd be all "nuh uh! Go, Nasa! I choose you!"

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    when you're mad about people in space, you've officially reached your wits end

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    when you're mad about people in space, you've officially reached your wits end

    buhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

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  • Mister LongbaughMister Longbaugh Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    what was that mini-series Tom Hanks did about NASA and the moon landings? It was incredible, I set riveted in front of the screen and gobbled it all up

    Tom Hanks knows his shit

    From the Earth to the Moon.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    what was that mini-series Tom Hanks did about NASA and the moon landings? It was incredible, I set riveted in front of the screen and gobbled it all up

    Tom Hanks knows his shit

    From the Earth to the Moon.

    yes

    I need to find that thing and watch it again

    the episode where it shows how they designed and built the landing pod was the greatest

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  • Mister LongbaughMister Longbaugh Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    i've never actually watched it all the way through.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    it really is very good

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh god now I want someone to make a documentary film about the first colony on Mars and how we discovered alien technology there and discovered faster-than-light travel.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Oh god now I want someone to make a documentary film about the first colony on Mars and how we discovered alien technology there and discovered faster-than-light travel.

    so basically a prequel to Mass Effect

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    damn Gil Scott-Heron is great. i love him so

    also, INWIRHIRTY, I am no longer slightly fond of you. u r dum.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    nooooooooooooeh I don't care

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  • sdrawkcaB emaNsdrawkcaB emaN regular
    edited April 2009
    when you're mad about people in space, you've officially reached your wits end

    man you're just asking me to post something obnoxious here

    come on man

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  • RobchamRobcham The Rabbit King of your pantsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    YOU GOTTA CARE IHNWTR
    IT'S FUTORE

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    first people on the moon - 1969
    first moonbase - 2020

    a half century

    dats some bullshit

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    seriously though a show like that done in a Jack & Bobby style could be ok

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    oh thank goodness Backwards is here

    and
    Robcham wrote: »
    YOU GOTTA CARE IHNWTR
    IT'S FUTORE

    Rob i fucking hate you so much and i'm never going to hang out with you.

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  • RobchamRobcham The Rabbit King of your pantsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    but futore I am on your side and we are buddies and that wasn't meant as an insult

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    SEE ROB
    DO YOU SEE

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  • RobchamRobcham The Rabbit King of your pantsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I see somebody needs a huuuuug

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I... I do need a hug

    you know me better than I know myself

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