PLEASE don't take this the wrong way. I haven't chimed in on the other thread because I feel I'll only go too far against some of the things being said there.
Suffice it to say, that I have the utmost respect for the pioneers of space travel and exploration and my heart goes out to all the families of all the victims of the disaster.
However, I am also a person who has, in recent years, striven to see the lighter side of life. Too many focus on the bad things in life when there is truly so much good in the world.
Like, for instance, humour.
If you feel that making a joke about NASA at a time like this is in bad taste, then please don't read any further as I have no wish to offend anybody.
This was posted by a dear friend of mine in NY who personally suffered through 9/11 (she still can't speak properly and has constant night terrors due to what she saw... she was IN one of the towers that morning...) so I can say without a doubt that it is meant to show the lighter side of life; as that is what she tries to do, always.
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When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.
One day, a Navajo elder and his son saw the crew walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked his son to translate a question for the NASA people: "What are these guys doing?"
One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon. His son relayed the answer, and the elder got all excited, asking if the astronauts could possibly deliver his message to the moon.
Recognizing a promotional opportunity, a NASA official said, "Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder.
The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief. The son listened in and laughed uproariously. The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said, but he refused.
So, the NASA crew played the tape for the tribe at a nearby Navajo village. They too laughed loudly but refused to translate the elder's message to the moon.
Finally, a government translator was summoned. When he finally stopped laughing the translator relayed the message: "Watch out for these bastards. They have come to steal your land!"
Suffice it to say, that I have the utmost respect for the pioneers of space travel and exploration and my heart goes out to all the families of all the victims of the disaster.
However, I am also a person who has, in recent years, striven to see the lighter side of life. Too many focus on the bad things in life when there is truly so much good in the world.
Like, for instance, humour.
If you feel that making a joke about NASA at a time like this is in bad taste, then please don't read any further as I have no wish to offend anybody.
This was posted by a dear friend of mine in NY who personally suffered through 9/11 (she still can't speak properly and has constant night terrors due to what she saw... she was IN one of the towers that morning...) so I can say without a doubt that it is meant to show the lighter side of life; as that is what she tries to do, always.
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When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.
One day, a Navajo elder and his son saw the crew walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked his son to translate a question for the NASA people: "What are these guys doing?"
One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon. His son relayed the answer, and the elder got all excited, asking if the astronauts could possibly deliver his message to the moon.
Recognizing a promotional opportunity, a NASA official said, "Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder.
The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief. The son listened in and laughed uproariously. The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said, but he refused.
So, the NASA crew played the tape for the tribe at a nearby Navajo village. They too laughed loudly but refused to translate the elder's message to the moon.
Finally, a government translator was summoned. When he finally stopped laughing the translator relayed the message: "Watch out for these bastards. They have come to steal your land!"
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