Alternate first words on the Moon
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"They wouldn't build any restaurant here. Lack of atmosphere."
"Hey Buzz, got any idea what I should say?" - Neil not realizing he wasn't on the private channel.
FWIW Buzz Aldrin said something like, "It was a small step for him, but it was a giant leap for the little guy," IIRC from the 20th anniversary documentary that I watched in 1989.
"It simply means Dillworthy that the Russians got here first!"
He'd be lucky if he did get reduced to PR figurehead; NASA was pretty tight-assed at the time. They'd have him on a desk in the basement, and only let him out in the middle of the night for feeding.
I claim these lands for the king/queen/emperor/etc.. and the glory of the [ ] Empire!
Btw: I once heard, that it is not certain that "Small steps..." might not have been the first words at all, but that there might have been edited in later.
Somehow the recording of the German television covering that night, does not include them.
But it sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory, and I never bothered looking into it.
Btw: I once heard, that it is not certain that "Small steps..." might not have been the first words at all, but that there might have been edited in later.
Somehow the recording of the German television covering that night, does not include them.
But it sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory, and I never bothered looking into it.
"Houston, we have a problem" as the landing gear collapses.
"Banzai!!!!" for a Japanese astronaut
Possible in my "Reach for the Skies" timeline: "On this July 4th, 1935, I claim this island in space in the name of the United States of America." (Entirely possibly in a woman's voice.)
Or, "You scrambled for Africa--we got the MOON."
"Well, Niel, sorry to cut in line." ( Time traveling Captain Alexandra Löfgren, sometime in the 1920's, in "Tomorrow's Mountain.")
"Banzai!!!!" for a Japanese astronaut
Possible in my "Reach for the Skies" timeline: "On this July 4th, 1935, I claim this island in space in the name of the United States of America." (Entirely possibly in a woman's voice.)
Or, "You scrambled for Africa--we got the MOON."
"Well, Niel, sorry to cut in line." ( Time traveling Captain Alexandra Löfgren, sometime in the 1920's, in "Tomorrow's Mountain.")
Giant Man Eating Rabbits
Banned
UK astronaut it's either
"Houston! . . . . the Bulldog has landed!"
or
"Hey everyone I can see the pub from here!"
"Houston! . . . . the Bulldog has landed!"
or
"Hey everyone I can see the pub from here!"
Some really stupid things to say/do as the first American astronaut on the moon...
"Hey Houston, I can see my house from here."
"Don't buy drugs kids-become famous like me and they'll give them to you for free!"
"Heil Hitler!" *raises a swastika flag instead of the US flag."
"I went all that way just for this?"
"This is one giant leap for Communism!" *raises USSR flag instead of US flag.
"The President is an asshole!"
"Hey Houston, I can see my house from here."
"Don't buy drugs kids-become famous like me and they'll give them to you for free!"
"Heil Hitler!" *raises a swastika flag instead of the US flag."
"I went all that way just for this?"
"This is one giant leap for Communism!" *raises USSR flag instead of US flag.
"The President is an asshole!"
That last one is officially a state secret [1]. Expect a grilling when you get home.
[1] It's avoids current politics because it's a near certainty that at least some people think that about any president now, historically and in the future and across all presidencies..
"Sorry Mr Kubrick, I forgot to make it look like I was in low gravity. Can we try it again?"