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Choabac
21-07-2009, 08:54 PM
It’s been 40 years since Man first walked on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

Three man crew of Apollo 11 consisted of Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. It was the fifth spaceflight of the Apollo Program and the third human voyage to the moon.

A culmination of our combined knowledge of science and engineering, it was an inspirational event that reminds us of just how far we’ve come.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Apollo_11_Launch2.jpg/480px-Apollo_11_Launch2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/23_A11neilmesa.jpg/800px-23_A11neilmesa.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg/600px-Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Apollo11Plaque.jpg/800px-Apollo11Plaque.jpg

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FrozenSoul80
21-07-2009, 08:58 PM
It kinda sucks that the last time we went to the moon was in the early 70s. It would be really awesome to have a moon base up there by now that we could use for research, growing supplies for space stations and other stuff.
Spazzallo
21-07-2009, 09:00 PM
I'm still trying to figure out how the hell NASA managed to put a man on the moon yet were dumb enough to tape over the bloody thing.
Spudzilla
21-07-2009, 09:01 PM
Ahem. (http://uyac.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=257)
Second
21-07-2009, 09:07 PM
It's a shop.
Halt, Hammerzeit
21-07-2009, 11:27 PM
I've seen Capricorn One! I know how to fake a landing on another celestial body!
StorminNorman
22-07-2009, 08:35 AM
When I was growing up, I could never quite understand why we weren't sending men to the moon all the time. I had all these cool books about how we'd have moonbases and space stations by the year 2000. The future was going to be so completely awesome.

It's now 2009 and I still don't have my moonbase! What's wrong with these people?

I actually think it's quite sad that we spend so little money on space exploration, which is probably one of the most important things we, as humans, can possibly do. Exploring and colonising space should be our biggest goal as a species. I don't think I'll ever understand why it isn't.

Also, some complete idiot wants to draw ads on the moon. (http://gizmodo.com/5318479/idiots-want-robots-to-draw-ads-on-the-moons-surface)
Vindik8or
22-07-2009, 10:29 AM
Exploring and colonising space should be our biggest goal as a species.

Why is that?
AranchineD
22-07-2009, 10:35 AM
Because the problems we have on Earth right now are all insignificant.
Lazlow
22-07-2009, 10:52 AM
How insignificant?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7960/largestknowstarfz3.gif
Serenity
22-07-2009, 11:48 AM
Well according to my location, I'm a dead dog.
fishfishmonkeyhat
22-07-2009, 01:43 PM
Let's try putting a man in a pair of pants!
Halt, Hammerzeit
22-07-2009, 02:50 PM
When I was growing up, I could never quite understand why we weren't sending men to the moon all the time. I had all these cool books about how we'd have moonbases and space stations by the year 2000. The future was going to be so completely awesome.

It's now 2009 and I still don't have my moonbase! What's wrong with these people?

You can't get to the moon, but you can own a piece of it. (http://www.lunarregistry.com/)
StorminNorman
22-07-2009, 05:15 PM
How insignificant?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7960/largestknowstarfz3.gif

I really love this video.
Spudzilla
22-07-2009, 05:34 PM
WHY DON'T YOU ****ING MARRY IT THEN?!
tyty
HUH?!?!?
sausage
22-07-2009, 05:48 PM
Trouble is; mankind needs conflict to make these events possible. Try getting a moon landing up and running in seven years time in today's global environment... fat chance.

Compared to the international situation in the 1960s today's world is postitively benign and not conducive to wild, ulitmately pointless dick-waving.
dimorphic
22-07-2009, 06:09 PM
Space as a whole, the unknown aspect is just awe-inspiring.

It put things into perspective.
Second
22-07-2009, 06:17 PM
How insignificant?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7960/largestknowstarfz3.gif

There needs to be a gif made like this with penises.
Choabac
22-07-2009, 06:40 PM
Space as a whole, the unknown aspect is just awe-inspiring.

It put things into perspective.

Check this out. Earth is the dot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r211/Genericphotoaccount/passing/22-scientistsde.jpg

Obligotary Hubble picture. I didn't embed this due to its size. 56k warning.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/2/2f/20080120124328!Hubble_ultra_deep_field.jpg
JubeiSaotome
22-07-2009, 06:51 PM
How insignificant?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7960/largestknowstarfz3.gif

Imagine if your katamari could get that big and roll up stars that size.
Xanafalgue
22-07-2009, 08:38 PM
How insignificant?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7960/largestknowstarfz3.gif

I still can't get my head around how big VY Canis Majoris is. I'd imagine that there are several million (or billion) larger stars out there, which is even more amazing.