Fun fact, when recording the fake moon landing, Neil Armstrong was such a stickler for details that he refused to film it unless they filmed it on location.
Ok ... but how is AccuWeather related here?
For some reason they posted this on their social media account
Was almost convinced they did a post-virality image edit on Reddit
But I think Google pulled a watermark-free version from the comments and of course when I tapped it Reddit showed me the OP version, watermarked
AccuWeather must have picked this trick up from radio stations on Facebook. At least in the past a lot of them would make memes and throw their logo on it, I can only guess in the hopes people would see the logo even if they're downloading and sharing and not clicking the share button.
Artemis II never landed on the moon. It was just a flyby. This makes it more equivalent to Apollo 10 and the famous exchange
Stafford: "Oh—who did it? ... Give me a napkin quick. There's a turd floating through the air".
Young: "I didn't do it. It ain't one of mine".
Cernan: "I don't think it's one of mine".
Stafford: "Mine was a little more sticky than that. Throw that away".
Cernan (later): "Here's another goddam turd. What's the matter with you guys?"
Considering the continuing toilet problems on Arty 2, absolutely appropriate
Neil claimed, and I think we should believe him, that he said "a man" but the radio glitched.
The quote works either way. People just need to fuckin chill.
It "works" in that we know what he meant, but it literally doesn't work without the "a".
'Man' is often used in the same way as 'mankind' which is how I've usually seen the quote interpreted. Clearly the article 'a' makes a very big difference but it still makes sense.
Edit: preposition -> article cuz I'm dum
"a" is an indefinite article, not a preposition. Prepositions are how a verb relates to an indirect object. "The bunny hopped over the fence, around a tree, and down a hole." The italicized words in this sentence are prepositions. In, on, at, near, etc.. You get the idea...
Anyway, the quote is kinda contradictory without the "a". Is it a small step or a giant leap? Oh, it's a giant leap for mankind, and a small step for a man. Makes so much sense now.
Thank you. I had a feeling I was wrong about that. Couldn't even think of the word article though so I assumed maybe it was a weird kind of preposition.
'Man' is often used in the same way as 'mankind'
Yes, which is why without the "a" it doesn't work. "A small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind" is nonsensical.
He was saying he (a man) was literally taking a step with his leg, but it was a figuratively large step for the species because of where/how he was taking that step.
Yeah that’s why DIDN’T fucking say mankind TWICE. Fuckin chill!
It would be redundant and self-contradictory without the "a." That's why it doesn't make sense without it.
You chill.
But also everyone knows what he meant so it doesn’t really matter either way 🤷🏻
I would still leave that up to interpretation. I think it can make sense however I am having trouble putting my interpretation into words.
Two alternative redemptions of the 'a' not being present: It could be viewed as an ellipsis, it does sound slightly more pleasant to me without.
And it would also just be really silly if the first statement said upon stepping onto a celestial body no human has set foot on before is a self contradictory statement is
Since when is the crappy weather app doing space/tec memes 😭
Apollo 10; “Whose turd is this floating through the capsule? It’s not mine, mine wasn’t sticky.”
I heard something about the Artemis crew having waste disposal system issues too, but all I could find about it was a bunch of clickbaity YouTube videos and I refuse to watch those.
The fancy toilet got too cold, so the waste froze. They had to use heaters and even rotate the ship so the toilet was on the sunlit side to thaw it out.
You must have missed the part where they were talking about crater albedo and one of them said 6 7 (0.6-0.7) and the chat went wild. Definitely the most significant part of this whole thing.
Has MSFT extended their gaslighting to include:
Actually, a highly trained, educated, and capable NASA astronaut is just not using our product correctly.
???
It really is farsical the degree to which they act like you are just some kind of idiot if their horrendously designed software isn't immediately comprehensible and obvious to you.
All that computing power and all we got was slower software and a hallucinating chatbot.
At least I can game on Linux now, thats some real progress.
WTF is that ad in the top right of the meme?
I don't know what you could possibly be referring to.
Maybe the weather in your area is affecting your vision and you're seeing things, have you considered using AccuWeather to check the upcoming weather conditions in your area?
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