Comments on: "We are on the fucking moon" (video)

By: j9c

j9c — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:57:00 +0000

Just wanted to post this here, even though I’m a bit late to the party:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fPJCEHumvE&feature=bf_next&list=UUR9sFzaG9Ia_kXJhfxtFMBA

A tip of the hat to not just the staff and crews of the Apollo missions, all of them, but to the a place and time, a people and a government, who thought that space exploration was and is a worthy human endeavor.

Can’t wait for the anniversary celebration of the Apollo 13 mission. That was truly amazing.

By: BluePlasticJess

BluePlasticJess — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:13:00 +0000

This is definitely my favorite bit from the Our Dumb Century audio book. “Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket” has become a common exclamation around my house.

The “I Had A Really Weird Dream Last Night” speech from Martin Luther King Jr. is also hilarious.

By: ravenlunatick

ravenlunatick — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:51:00 +0000

Who are these people then?

http://www.militaryatheists.org/

By: finette

finette — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:17:00 +0000

Breathe a little. Petzl was joking.

By: Michael Crumpton

Michael Crumpton — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:07:00 +0000

That dialog seems far more likely than the laid back banter that was on the official recordings.

By: Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:00:00 +0000

From Wikipedia (and also recounted, much more wittily, by Tom Wolfe): “The Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles (“International Association of Turtles”, “Turtle Club”,[1] or similar title) started as an informal “drinking club” between World War II pilots… Once inducted, a member must reply to the question, “Are you a turtle?” with “You bet your sweet ass I am.” Otherwise, the member must buy the questioner a drink…

During the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission (part of the United States space program), astronaut Wally Schirra was asked by a ground controller whether he was a turtle. Not wanting to use vulgar language while his communications were being broadcast worldwide, he temporarily stopped transmitting while he gave the required response.

Deke Slayton, a mere 3 minutes into Sigma 7′s flight, came on the radio, which was open for everyone to hear, and asked, “Hey, Wally, are you a turtle?”. Schirra switched his mic from live to record and uttered the appropriate response. On the open line, he said, “Rog.”[4]”

By: Kroeghe

Kroeghe — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:12:00 +0000

Well, yeah. Kinda.

By: mat catastrophe

mat catastrophe — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 03:18:00 +0000

The spoken audio is directly lifted from the “Our Dumb Century” audiobook, which as the tape states, is for lazy assholes who want to later perpetrate to have read the whole thing.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:44:00 +0000

It’s called an idiot filter. Rob has a particular talent for constructing them.

By: JustAdComics

JustAdComics — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:43:00 +0000

Thank you. :) I had the unfortunate “pleasure” of working with a gentleman who was (and still is) convinced that it was all a hoax. I eventually gave up trying to get him to realize he was being a tinfoil hat-wearing idiot.

By: malindrome

malindrome — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Ok, I think I got it ... Nope, I lost it.

By: BunnyShank

BunnyShank — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Its the solemnity of the actors delivery, as though there is no other possible time when “fuck” could be used appropriately, as right there on the fucking moon.

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:08:00 +0000

This type of post on BB is published periodically to flush all the idiots out into the open in the comments section. After performing admirably, I think we are good now for another couple of weeks now.

By: benher

benher — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:22:00 +0000

There is no fucking issue, and there is no fucking controversy. Cocking up any and all moon threads with the word “fake” is prohibited under penalty of fucking zero-gravity waterboarding.

I’m serious. If anyway ever tries to talk to me in person with one iota of seriousness about helmet reflections and flag wrinkles, I am going to punch them in the fucking throat… maybe once for every Apollo Astronaut.

Houston, we are all out of F-Bombs.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:50:00 +0000

All your moonbase are fucking belong to us.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Not true. Been there.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:44:00 +0000

In case people get dumber and dumber and in a few generations nobody will know The Onion from Murdoch?

By: Ipo

Ipo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0000

Is that the holy duality?

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:52:00 +0000

Houston: “WTFBBQ you guys are totally liek on the MOON”
Eagle: “How leet is this?! We pwn all.”

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:43:00 +0000

It’s more fitting, innit.

By: Wreckrob8

Wreckrob8 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:46:00 +0000

@EH Chekhov wrote short stories. What could be simpler?

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 08:07:00 +0000

Eagle: “Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed, lol”
Houston: “LOL!”
Eagle: “ROTFLMFAO!”

By: Wreckrob8

Wreckrob8 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:25:00 +0000

Jesus fucking Christ!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:17:00 +0000

Hmm. I remember the 60s as a time when even ‘hell’ was an obscenity.

By: Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:09:00 +0000

Yes, pretty bogus. Based on the very true statement “there are no atheists in foxholes” I do not believe these folks would have been behaving like this.

By: JudeJackson

JudeJackson — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:47:00 +0000

What’s the original source of this video? The dialogue at least is from The Onion, and I’ve seen video posted recently on their website with this, but the first time I heard the audio was from Evolution Control Committee.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0000

The controversy. Both sides of the controversy.

By: bnschlz

bnschlz — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:58:00 +0000

If NASA were willing to fake great accomplishments they’d have a second one by now.
http://xkcd.com/1074/

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:42:00 +0000

I disagree, people had sailor’s mouths in the 60′s, they just didn’t dare say it on TV.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:40:00 +0000

Response to Petzl: Funny. The Jury is out only for people who don’t read, research or critically think correctly. I’ve heard some pretty amazing ideas on how we “faked” the landing, but none of the reasons were good enough to deny the other facts that we did. Sorry, we most likely really did land on it. Give me a crazy piece of evidence of why we didn’t and I’ll tell you the proper rebuttal. You can’t always just look at two sides of an issue. you have to take the 2nd side’s issue and give it back to the first side where they then tear it apart.