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Space Forum / Astronomy / July 2008Cranky 2nd Man on Moon Blames Movies for Kids' Space Boredom
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/07/12/cranky-2nd-man-on-moon-blames-movies-for-k ids-space-boredom/ Cranky 2nd Man on Moon Blames Movies for Kids' Space Boredom by Peter Martin Jul 12th 2008 // 2:03PM Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom What is it about ice cream that makes distinguished former astronauts get so cranky? Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the Moon, says that "fantastic and unbelievable" science fiction movies and television shows are partly to blame for the boredom young people have with the modern space program. During an ice cream party this week, Aldrin told Sci-Fi Wire: "All the shows where they beam people around and things like that have made young people think that that is what the space program should be doing. It's not realistic ... you can't possibly live up to the expectations you have created in young people. Why do they get bored with the space program? That's why." Aldrin doesn't hate all science fiction films and TV shows -- just the ones that deal with "fantasy and ... traveling seven times the speed of light." He spoke favorably about Ron Howard's Apollo 13 and Tom Hanks' From the Earth to the Moon series: "They were fascinating, because it was reality history, and reality fiction can be good if you stick to reality." Got that? While not mentioning Star Trek or Star Wars, I'd guess those were some of the culprits he had in mind. When he's not busy slagging science fiction and fantasy, Aldrin hosts Unseen Moon, a National Geographic Channel show. Hmm, I wonder if his show is "reality history" or "reality fiction"? --------- Having Art Deco post does not help either! It must be brain freeze, chatnoir! lmao! A wicked and painful disorder! Saul Levy >http://www.cinematical.com/2008/07/12/cranky-2nd-man-on-moon-blames-movies-for-k ids-space-boredom/ > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >expectations you have created in young people. Why do they get bored >with the space program? That's why." > http://www.cinematical.com/2008/07/12/cranky-2nd-man-on-moon-blames-m... > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Having Art Deco post does not help either! Our NASA/Apollo DARPA right stuff (of mostly old farts) supposedly did things that are still (40 years after the fact) technically impossible, and there's still all sorts of highly classified need-to- know or nondisclosure issues as mainstream policy. Go figure. JAXA is deathly afraid of allowing public review of their most recent archives of moon related science, including their terrific observationology of having been mapping our Selene/moon at 10 meters/ pixel (in raw digital format that can easily be PhotoShop enlarged upon). - Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth This just shows that you, BradBoi, are living in the world of 40 years ago! lmfjao! So you haven't learned anything in the past 40 years! Saul Levy >Our NASA/Apollo DARPA right stuff (of mostly old farts) supposedly did >things that are still (40 years after the fact) technically [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth Cactus Saul What could turn the public off more on NASA going round and round 220 miles up for the last 40 years. The shuttle relates well with spending 100s of billions looking for water on Mars and the shuttles 40 years of orbiting ISS another low orbit piece of crap We could have spent less and done more,but that would mean less money in the Godfather's deep pockets Bert > Cactus Saul What could turn the public off more on NASA going round and > round 220 miles up for the last 40 years. The shuttle relates well with > spending 100s of billions looking for water on Mars and the shuttles 40 > years of orbiting ISS another low orbit piece of crap We could have > spent less and done more,but that would mean less money in the > Godfather's deep pockets Bert But you know deep in your snookered and dumbfounded heart that the likes of Saul Levy are in charge of your private parts, as well as in charge of your excessively spendy water, electrical and other energy related matters, and you're clearly not willing to change anything (at least not for the better). What if beer starts costing you and other section-8 folks $10/can? (will that get your attention?) - Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth Is this an attempt, BradBoi, to claim I work for the Mafia? lmfjao! No, I don't. Saul Levy >But you know deep in your snookered and dumbfounded heart that the >likes of Saul Levy are in charge of your private parts, as well as in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > - Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth |
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