Comments on: Moon boxes and mystery men http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 02:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: WinstonSmith2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388980 WinstonSmith2012 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388980 That's me holding the whatchamacallit standing right next to my good friend 60541 (it was top secret work, so we all went by our birthplace zip codes).  A later version of the $1.65 million whatchamacallit actually flew on Apollo 18... oops. That’s me holding the whatchamacallit standing right next to my good friend 60541 (it was top secret work, so we all went by our birthplace zip codes).  A later version of the $1.65 million whatchamacallit actually flew on Apollo 18… oops.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388881 Dlo Burns Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388881 Well duh, it's avant band The Residents. Well duh, it’s avant band The Residents.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388786 BombBlastLightingWaltz Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388786 3 white guys not wearing respirators inspecting foreign terrestrial specimens. Expendable for data resource acquisition.   3 white guys not wearing respirators inspecting foreign terrestrial specimens. Expendable for data resource acquisition.  

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388783 BombBlastLightingWaltz Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388783 Sure, if he doubled his weight.  Sure, if he doubled his weight. 

]]> By: jaytkay http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388685 jaytkay Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388685 Sleeper has always been my favorite Woody Allen movie. Thanks! Sleeper has always been my favorite Woody Allen movie. Thanks!

]]> By: Editz http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388647 Editz Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388647  I'd swear that's Conan sketch writer and performer Brian Stack: http://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/3/1/31u5efal56as1356.jpg  I’d swear that’s Conan sketch writer and performer Brian Stack:

http://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/3/1/31u5efal56as1356.jpg

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388550 Michael Smith Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388550  I hope he stays away from steam rollers and giant bananas.  I hope he stays away from steam rollers and giant bananas.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388547 Michael Smith Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388547  No he would have mucked it up due to not taking enough drugs.  No he would have mucked it up due to not taking enough drugs.

]]> By: Bill Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388424 Bill Robinson Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388424  BigbooTAY!  BigbooTAY!

]]> By: Bill Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388423 Bill Robinson Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388423 I believe that's Woody Allen in the middle, holding our leader's nose. I believe that’s Woody Allen in the middle, holding our leader’s nose.

]]> By: spiffw http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388386 spiffw Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388386 AND SOLVED...allegedly, and not by me.  I just googled. http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2012/04/moon-box-mystery-solved.html  AND SOLVED…allegedly, and not by me.  I just googled.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2012/04/moon-box-mystery-solved.html 

]]> By: spiffw http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388381 spiffw Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388381 Shadow Puppets 101? Shadow Puppets 101?

]]> By: gtrjnky http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388380 gtrjnky Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388380  I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.  I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties.

]]> By: petronius http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388374 petronius Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388374 THX 1138 took the picture. THX 1138 took the picture.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388366 Robert Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388366 Try again on metafilter. We're all about snark here. Try again on metafilter. We’re all about snark here.

]]> By: Jeremiah McCoy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388322 Jeremiah McCoy Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388322 Actually, my grandfather worked at y-12, on something related to Apollo, during that time.  I could probably run the photo past him and see if he knows who they are.  It would be tomorrow before I could do that though.  He is 90 now, and is cantankerous, and recently had some cancer removed, but his memory is still good.  I was born around Oak Ridge and spent a portion of my childhood there.  My grandparents still live there and I live just outside town these days. Living there is interesting.  There are places you just know you are not supposed to go. Otherwise, it is a pretty normal little town.  Lots of old people though.  Actually, my grandfather worked at y-12, on something related to Apollo, during that time.  I could probably run the photo past him and see if he knows who they are.  It would be tomorrow before I could do that though.  He is 90 now, and is cantankerous, and recently had some cancer removed, but his memory is still good. 

I was born around Oak Ridge and spent a portion of my childhood there.  My grandparents still live there and I live just outside town these days. Living there is interesting.  There are places you just know you are not supposed to go. Otherwise, it is a pretty normal little town.  Lots of old people though. 

]]> By: Randy Walters http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388307 Randy Walters Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388307 You are correct, sir! For the Win. You are correct, sir! For the Win.

]]> By: Randy Walters http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388305 Randy Walters Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388305 Clear as day, that's a fact. Clear as day, that’s a fact.

]]> By: Eoin McCarthy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388292 Eoin McCarthy Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388292 I'm going to say Farouk El-Baz is the guy in the middle. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/ap15-KSC-71P-383.jpg  I’m going to say Farouk El-Baz is the guy in the middle.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/ap15-KSC-71P-383.jpg 

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388279 vonbobo Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388279 "He told me he was vacuuming the curtains in the nude, slipped off his chair, and landed directly onto this gizmotrometer." “He told me he was vacuuming the curtains in the nude, slipped off his chair, and landed directly onto this gizmotrometer.”

]]> By: Jennifer M Ring http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388269 Jennifer M Ring Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388269 umm yeah, I was kinda expecting a useful answer. I was hoping that  maybe one of these guys could be somebody's father. But then again, seeing that most of these replies are from high school kids, that would be impossible... umm yeah, I was kinda expecting a useful answer. I was hoping that  maybe one of these guys could be somebody’s father. But then again, seeing that most of these replies are from high school kids, that would be impossible…

]]> By: John Fleming http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388264 John Fleming Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388264 All three of them look pretty 1337. All three of them look pretty 1337.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388257 SamSam Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388257 Did anyone expect a serious answer from Boingers? Did anyone expect a serious answer from Boingers?

]]> By: spiffw http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388236 spiffw Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388236 I believe the one on the right was a cellmate of Jean Valjean. I believe the one on the right was a cellmate of Jean Valjean.

]]> By: MrSlumpy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388234 MrSlumpy Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388234 I think it says "Goshi." I think it says “Goshi.”

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388232 Listener43 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388232 John Yaya, John Smallberries, and John Bigbooty. I think John Parker had just stepped out for a "smoke" when this photo was taken. John Yaya, John Smallberries, and John Bigbooty. I think John Parker had just stepped out for a “smoke” when this photo was taken.

]]> By: Nigel Field http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388210 Nigel Field Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388210 That's Kevin McDonald (from Kids In The Hall) on the right. That’s Kevin McDonald (from Kids In The Hall) on the right.

]]> By: Emma Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388206 Emma Smith Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388206 The guy on the right is obviously the 10th Doctor... The guy on the right is obviously the 10th Doctor…

]]> By: Paul Chrastina http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388202 Paul Chrastina Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388202 I'm thinking it's Peter Sellers, but you could be right.... I’m thinking it’s Peter Sellers, but you could be right….

]]> By: ǝɔʎoſ ʇʇɐW http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/moon-boxes-and-mystery-men.html#comment-1388181 ǝɔʎoſ ʇʇɐW Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153130#comment-1388181 Oakridge is an amazing city historically.  At the beginning of ww2 it boasted a population of about 2 thousand.  By the end it had a population of 60000 and was consuming something like a quarter of the US power grid.  It's one of the great unknown engineering feats of that time. Oakridge is an amazing city historically.  At the beginning of ww2 it boasted a population of about 2 thousand.  By the end it had a population of 60000 and was consuming something like a quarter of the US power grid.  It’s one of the great unknown engineering feats of that time.

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