Houston__ We have a problem.

[jimboston]

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

You may be right...

Still I think this is the funniest thread title / subject combo I have read in awhile.

[pimpdave]

The only problem is that she was known in the music world for smoking and selling crack. So many unconnected sources have corroborated that fact.

Bullshit. Quit watching Hollywood "promoting Entertainment" Tabloid Television.
The only fact known in the music world is that she did drugs and to many
people that is a problem. Today's news reports that no illegal substances
were found, but prescription drugs were there that are considered typical
to the average American home.

The other fact known in the music world is that she was a rare talent.

No, I don't watch tabloid television, this is stuff I've heard from people in comedy clubs (not while on stage), talent agents, and the like. She's used pretty frequently as a cautionary tale.

[oVo]

Cool, hearsay is usually a good source for the very best of rumors.
Not that it matters now... it's a done deal after all.
But I'm not going to believe it's true until I hear it on FOX News,
the only genuinely credible source of information that remains.

[pimpdave]

Some of these were people who were involved in the business with her. As in, moving weight. Credible eye witnesses.

But hey, why am I trying to convince you? You're the guy who says that this: Quran (4:56) - Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise

actually says: "Turn the other cheek"

[oVo]

I didn't say "turn the other cheek," I advised you to pull the plug from between your cheeks before you are overwhelmed by mental toxins. The Qu'ran passage you quote --that graphically describes a Devil's Cookbook recipe-- is not a Muslim call to arms.

You continue to wander off the path dave. This thread is about a gifted singer who's talents, limitations and celebrity are now history. All that remains is the memories for her family, her friends and the fans who loved her... and the well documented legacy of an amazing voice.

[IcePack]

Amy Winehouse....... tick
Micheal Jackson....... tick
Whitney Houston...... tick

makes me wonder who the next rich junkie to fall of the planet will be?

Heath Ledger?

[the carpet man]

it is interesting to compare the size of the reaction to deaths like this or michael jackson with the size of the reaction to the death of vaclav havel (how many of you even know who he is or that he died recent?)

i am not saying this to criticise houston who i am sure is a good singer. it is just a curious difference and when you look at what they achieved

[pimpdave]

This thread is about a gifted singer who's talents, limitations and celebrity are now history. All that remains is the memories for her family, her friends and the fans who loved her... and the well documented legacy of an amazing voice.

Yeah, like memories of her substance abuse, and some hilarious outbursts.

[Chariot of Fire]

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

Quite right mate. That's probably because Apollo XI never did have a problem

[Haggis_McMutton]

it is interesting to compare the size of the reaction to deaths like this or michael jackson with the size of the reaction to the death of vaclav havel (how many of you even know who he is or that he died recent?)

i am not saying this to criticise houston who i am sure is a good singer. it is just a curious difference and when you look at what they achieved

/agree in principle

for the record we did have a short lived thread

[daddy1gringo]

Although I'm not sure about treating her death as any more tragic than anyone else's just because she was famous, still I don't think blowing razzberries as her now that she's gone is appropriate.

" I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like a setting sun..."
-- Neil Young

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

No, the quote from the Apollo 11 mission was "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But what was the actual quote from the Apollo 13 mission?

[Chariot of Fire]

Although I'm not sure about treating her death as any more tragic than anyone else's just because she was famous, still I don't think blowing razzberries as her now that she's gone is appropriate.

" I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like a setting sun..."
-- Neil Young

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

No, the quote from the Apollo 11 mission was "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But what was the actual quote from the Apollo 13 mission?

Also wrong. ".....one small step for man....." not "a man"

Swigert's words on Apollo XIII were "Houston, we've had a problem"

[mandyb]

Although I'm not sure about treating her death as any more tragic than anyone else's just because she was famous, still I don't think blowing razzberries as her now that she's gone is appropriate.

" I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like a setting sun..."
-- Neil Young

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

No, the quote from the Apollo 11 mission was "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But what was the actual quote from the Apollo 13 mission?

Also wrong. ".....one small step for man....." not "a man"

"

With improved sound technology they have been able to prove that he did, in fact, say 'a man', though in the original recording this wasn't decipherable.

As for Whitney....didn't she almost have it all...?

[Chariot of Fire]

From the NASA web site:

"At the time of the mission, the world heard Neil say "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". As Andrew Chaikin details in A Man on the Moon, after the mission, Neil said that he had intended to say 'one small step for a man' and believed that he had done so. However, he also agreed that the 'a' didn't seem to be audible in the recordings. The important point is that the world had no problem understanding his meaning. However, over the decades, people interested in details of the mission - including your editor - have listened repeatedly to the recordings, without hearing any convincing evidence of the 'a'. In 2006, with a great deal of attendant media attention, journalist/ entrepreneur Peter Shann Ford claimed to have located the 'a' in the waveform of Neil's transmission. Subsequently, more rigorous analyses of the transmission were undertaken by people with professional experience with audio waveforms and, most importantly, audio spectrograms. None of these analyses support Ford's conclusion. The transcription used above honors Neil's intent"

[AAFitz]

Although I'm not sure about treating her death as any more tragic than anyone else's just because she was famous, still I don't think blowing razzberries as her now that she's gone is appropriate.

" I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like a setting sun..."
-- Neil Young

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

No, the quote from the Apollo 11 mission was "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But what was the actual quote from the Apollo 13 mission?

You're right about the mission number. Lets call it a typo. But the actual quote was: "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."

Its a little less sexy to say the least.

[daddy1gringo]

Although I'm not sure about treating her death as any more tragic than anyone else's just because she was famous, still I don't think blowing razzberries as her now that she's gone is appropriate.

" I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like a setting sun..."
-- Neil Young

That wasn't the actual quote from the Apollo 11 mission.

No, the quote from the Apollo 11 mission was "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But what was the actual quote from the Apollo 13 mission?

Also wrong. ".....one small step for man....." not "a man"

"

With improved sound technology they have been able to prove that he did, in fact, say 'a man', though in the original recording this wasn't decipherable.

As for Whitney....didn't she almost have it all...?

From the NASA web site:

"At the time of the mission, the world heard Neil say "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". As Andrew Chaikin details in A Man on the Moon, after the mission, Neil said that he had intended to say 'one small step for a man' and believed that he had done so. However, he also agreed that the 'a' didn't seem to be audible in the recordings. The important point is that the world had no problem understanding his meaning. However, over the decades, people interested in details of the mission - including your editor - have listened repeatedly to the recordings, without hearing any convincing evidence of the 'a'. In 2006, with a great deal of attendant media attention, journalist/ entrepreneur Peter Shann Ford claimed to have located the 'a' in the waveform of Neil's transmission. Subsequently, more rigorous analyses of the transmission were undertaken by people with professional experience with audio waveforms and, most importantly, audio spectrograms. None of these analyses support Ford's conclusion. The transcription used above honors Neil's intent"

I was coming from an interview where Armstrong insisted that he had said "a man". I was 10 years old and watching and listening intently in July of 1969 when he said it, and it sounded like there was no "a", but I figured it made sense that he was telling the truth since he had a lot of time to decide what would be his first words from the moon, and without the "a" it doesn't make sense.

But back on subject, again, Whitney had a voice and knew how to use it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jeUINzHK9o

[BigBallinStalin]

From the NASA web site:

"At the time of the mission, the world heard Neil say "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". As Andrew Chaikin details in A Man on the Moon, after the mission, Neil said that he had intended to say 'one small step for a man' and believed that he had done so. However, he also agreed that the 'a' didn't seem to be audible in the recordings. The important point is that the world had no problem understanding his meaning. However, over the decades, people interested in details of the mission - including your editor - have listened repeatedly to the recordings, without hearing any convincing evidence of the 'a'. In 2006, with a great deal of attendant media attention, journalist/ entrepreneur Peter Shann Ford claimed to have located the 'a' in the waveform of Neil's transmission. Subsequently, more rigorous analyses of the transmission were undertaken by people with professional experience with audio waveforms and, most importantly, audio spectrograms. None of these analyses support Ford's conclusion. The transcription used above honors Neil's intent"

I hope the government paid for all that! Thank god this problem has been resolved!


On Topic: Oh my, teh horror!

[the carpet man]

did america name some bit of its space programme after whitney houston? that is quite an effect for a singer to have! she must have been very effective in the usa

[daddy1gringo]

did america name some bit of its space programme after whitney houston? that is quite an effect for a singer to have! she must have been very effective in the usa

Houston, Texas is the location of NASA Central. The astronauts frequently used "Houston" to address the ground crew. The title of the thread was a pun.

[Jippd]

We'll be holding a candlelight vigil in her honor tonight

[the carpet man]

did america name some bit of its space programme after whitney houston? that is quite an effect for a singer to have! she must have been very effective in the usa

Houston, Texas is the location of NASA Central. The astronauts frequently used "Houston" to address the ground crew. The title of the thread was a pun.

she got an entire city? wow! i hope one day there might be a carpet city somewhere in this world

[AAFitz]

did america name some bit of its space programme after whitney houston? that is quite an effect for a singer to have! she must have been very effective in the usa

Houston, Texas is the location of NASA Central. The astronauts frequently used "Houston" to address the ground crew. The title of the thread was a pun.

she got an entire city? wow! i hope one day there might be a carpet city somewhere in this world

Oh, dont worry. You are already aptly named for someone that everyone walks all over.

[the carpet man]

hey tiny man, why do you not go and cry somewhere else? you follow me all around insulting me and it is really sad

and your last troll barely even makes sense. try again.

[ViperOverLord]

[Phatscotty]

We'll be holding a candlelight vigil in her honor tonight