Houston__ We have a problem.

[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