1st Manned Moon Landing - 45 Years Ago

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Not many of these guys left; not that there were many to begin with:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/07/18/wh...

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EK993 said:

Can I be first to get in with - there was no moon landing.

I bet myself how quickly that would come to fore.....I lost, you were too quick.

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rollondeath said:

I blame the Russian's.

Funny aside, that is actually somewhat true.

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Eric Mc said:

Not quite - the landing was on 20th July.

I was aware, just getting ahead of the game.

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Eric Mc said:

We shall ignore the dopes... they always turn up for these threads.

Ti be fair, it's quite a while since any raised their heads over the parapet on PH. Maybe this is a new batch of idiots, wanting to throw their imbecilic and moronic notions into the discussion.

Hopefully, even morons of that stature eventually learn.

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Eric Mc said:

No.

They'll let us know when they launch their next mission I'm sure.

Their next successful mission you mean. They may crash and/or lose countless people first but we may never hear about that. Although it is harder to hide such things these days.

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Silverbullet767 said:

Eric Mc said:

They did debate what flag they would use (or even if ANY flag would be used) but the idea of using a UN flag was dropped very early on because -

a) the UN had nothing to do with the project

b) the US taxpayer was providing 99% of the funding

Isn't it bleached white by now? It'll look like the French landed there first.

If that is the case, then it might just be worth a return trip to freshen it up. Could you see it, an Eiffel tower replica rising from the Sea of Tranquility.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Monday 21st July 14:15

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Eric Mc said:

Can't think of a better reason for going back. As a US citizen, you should write a letter to the President.

He doesn"t read letters, he is a 140 character # type fellow. I'll wait for the next one.

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jmorgan said:

You need a convincing fake video of Putin saying they are going there to steal the flag and Apollo 11 remains.

Which would illicit nothing more than a strongly worded Twitter lashing from the golf course.

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Grumfutock said:

Look, how the hell could there of been a moon landing? Everyone knows we are all just specs on the ball sack of a giant space monkey!

See, and they say interest in science is at an all time low!

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Mojocvh said:

45 years ago. In some ways that realisation is profoundly depressing.

I am with you on that.