#moon landing holiday

[owlsounds]

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[labelleizzy]

Happy FULL 🌝 MOON

and MOON LANDING

Anniversary!

🎉🥳🎊🌛🌝🌜🧑🏻‍🚀🌌🚀

Saturday July 20, 2024

[purplepints]

Oldest human footprint discovered, made 153,000 years ago in South Africa.

Oldest human footprint in North America, made 21,000 years ago in New Mexico, USA.

Oldest human footprint on the Moon, made July 20, 1969 on the Sea of Tranquility, Earth's moon.

[krakenartificer]

My parents were at a conference several years ago where Neil Armstrong was the keynote speaker. During Q&A, one of the questions was how long he spent thinking about the "one small step" line.

He said the estimated odds of them actually making it to the moon were so low, none of them had given any thought to it at all. NASA had put 10 years' worth of effort from the smartest minds they could recruit into figuring out how to get someone to the moon, and still they thought it likely enough that they'd missed something, that they honestly didn't even think about the possibility that someone on this ship was going to be saying humanity's first words from a different planet.

From our perspective, the odds of them reaching the moon are 100% -- it feels inevitable to us. But it really was a hell of an accomplishment, given what they had to work with

[litebulbs-art]

Happy Moon Landing Day

[500-moths-in-a-trenchcoat]

OH YES IT'S MOON LANDING DAY AGAIN

god i love moon landing day

[gay-mormon-wizard]

since we're making Moon Landing Day a Tumblr holiday, I figured I'd get real about it. On Friday I'm throwing a Moon Landing Day party irl and inviting all my friends.

I've got round and crescent-shaped snacks, I'll be getting pizza (round and made of cheese, like the moon), I've got the soda Starry (and peach juice as it pairs well to make mocktails), and I've got gray paint and white foam spheres so the guests can paint miniature moons.

I live in a residence hall that has a community area called the Luna Lounge, which is where I'll be hosting the party.

Happy Moon Landing Day!

[jkl-fff]

Happy Moon Landing Day!

On this day, for the first time in human history, some guys went up and got absolutely silly on a big space rock that *wasn’t* the Earth! And that’s really cool.

[conceiteddemon]

Happy ‘the moon in the FUCKING sky???’ Day to all who celebrate!

[bisexualbaker]

Happy National Moon Day!

The astronauts brought me an appreciation for science and human ingenuity, a better understanding of the natural world, and a sense of whimsy.

What did you get?

[vamp-bites]

Guys guys happy moon landing anniversary everyone

[yuribeam]

I told my mom about the moon landing holiday and she said don't you feel like the scientific discovery is inherently tainted by the imperialist capitalist soft power grab of the cold war space race. I love her so much

[headspacedad]

Reminder

Tomorrow we party on the moon!

[plantpirating]

Happy Moon Landing Day to those who celebrate!

[krakenartificer]

Humans are great, actually

[Video Description: extremely grainy video of two people in space suits bouncing along the lunar surface]

[Transcript:

(Singing) I was strolling on the moon one day

(second astronaut joins in) In the merry merry month of

Astronaut 1: December Astronaut 2: May

Astronaut 2: No, May

Astronaut 1: May. When then much to my surprise a pair of bonny eyes de doo de doo de doo de doo de doo (speaking) Boy, this is a neat way to travel!

Astronaut 2: (speaking) Isn't it great?

Astronaut 1: (different tune) dum de dum dum dum. Dum de dum dum dum]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountain_in_the_Park

[mechaffeine]

Getting ready to celebrate absolutely nothing in the next two days and enjoy a perfectly inexplicable break from work