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The sheer bravery of the first men to sign up to go to the moon is outstanding. I remember listening to an interview where Buzz Aldrin said he estimated that th
by pogba101 10y ago
The sheer bravery of the first men to sign up to go to the moon is outstanding. I remember listening to an interview where Buzz Aldrin said he estimated that there was a 60% chance of going to the moon and coming back home alive. He still decided to do it.
They even wrote a speech for Nixon in case Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got stranded on the moon:
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to
explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that
there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that
there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most
noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.
- pjmlp 10y agoTrue, but not less brave than those that ventured into the endless oceans, when everything everyone knew was only Europe.
- Lio 10y agoOr the 8 men on the K-19 Widowmaker submarine who had to repair their reactor knowing it meant certain death. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3136111.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3136111.stm
- samkite 10y agoTotally agree. Many of the first Portuguese and Spanish explorers didn't even know if they would ever come back. They were leaving home to go to distant lands at a time where people still believed in monsters, witches and mermaids.
- earthboundkid 10y agoMan, the Hawaiians got that beat for courage. They had smaller boats, no magnetic compasses, and they still managed to find some tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific by ~900CE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia#History_of_the_Polynesian_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia#History_of_the_Polyn...