CmdrShepard49 comments on ELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?

ELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Did you visit the grand canyon if you did not go to the bottom but only stood on the rim?

Yes. Did you visit it if you flew over it on a commercial flight?

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Much more similar to a chartered helicopter flight, which are quite popular at the Grand Canyon.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Maybe if that helicopter were flying 18x higher than the International Space Station.

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Well now I can't see the canyon, thanks a lot

realizes we all have no oxygen

fucking dies

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Well the brochure did state the the helicopter tours and views were "out of this world" so no refunds.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

I guess that depends on how much bigger the moon is than the Grand Canyon.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Well great now my brain is going to waste the next 30 minutes unsuccessfully trying to conceive a joke about mooning, the size of the Grand Canyon, and the size of Uranus.

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