AliceTheOwl Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Re: The Last Word I must admit that when I see Bounty capitalized' date=' I think of Captain Bligh and the mutiny in the South Pacific.[/quote'] That was my second thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Re: The Last Word And then he crossed half the Pacific in a 23-foot open launch with 18 men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Re: The Last Word Bligh Bligh Mr Bounty Pie Drove my Chevy to the Taiti... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Re: The Last Word I didn't know Chevy made launches back in the late 1700s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Re: The Last Word hey it rhymed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Re: The Last Word Pie rhymes with Taiti? Oh. I totally mispronounced that in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Re: The Last Word chevy & Tahiti rhyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Re: The Last Word Badly, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Re: The Last Word well the do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: The Last Word In the way that makes me cringe and long for free verse. The tags bother me. If there are two of them, they WERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: The Last Word . . . Tags? What tags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: The Last Word The ones that there used to be three of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: The Last Word Tag! You're IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: The Last Word I shall go tag the cat. They're very bad at that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: The Last Word Thirty-nine years today Armstrong stepped out onto the Sea of Tranquility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: The Last Word I'd heard today was the anniversary. My journalist friend is very disappointed we haven't been back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word Thirty-nine years today Armstrong stepped out onto the Sea of Tranquility. Irony, ah you got to appreciate it. (referring to Armstrong stepping out onto the Sea of Tranquility) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word Cancer, a question you might be able to answer: what was the publicly stated reason for 'going to the moon' in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/25/kennedy.moon/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word thanks Lemming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word Yeah, it was a Pres. Kennedy item, largely spawned by the Cold War. At the time he made the speech, it seemed quite doubtful that the US would be able to do it at all, let alone beat the Soviets there. But things happened, probably most importantly, Sergei Korolev, the driving genius of the Soviet space program, was killed in an accident. The Soviet equivalent of the Saturn V (the rocket that put the Apollo moon missions up) never flew successfully. It had a couple of failures, one of which destroyed a portion of the launch complex. OTOH, no Saturn V has been built or launched since the last Apollo mission, either. Personal irony: I'm one of a minority of Americans alive at the time who did NOT see Armstrong when he stepped out. I was asleep in my bunk at Boy Scount camp in Germany; no TVs in the tents. Also, it happened about 3AM my time. My brother didn't see it either; he was in Frankfurt military hospital being treated for a nasty compound fracture of his arm, and was doped to the gills. BTW, another anniversary on July 20: in 1976, the first Viking lander set down successfully on Mars. That was also a smashing success, and far from an assured one: Mars is notoriously difficult to land on (the Soviets suffered many failures, and the Americans have had a few, too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word . . . I think it's Phobos. It eats probes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word I missed Armstrong as well. I listened to it on a car radio somewhere in Pennsylvania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word I have nothing to say, but I figured I'd say it before this thread gets locked too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Re: The Last Word mee tooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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