Comments on: WordPress 2.8.2 Upgrade – Out of Memory, Apollo 11? http://strangelyperfect.tv/5303/wordpress-2-8-2-upgrade-out-of-memory-apollo-11/ This is Our World Wed, 16 May 2012 20:03:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Strangely http://strangelyperfect.tv/5303/wordpress-2-8-2-upgrade-out-of-memory-apollo-11/#comment-1749 Strangely Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:50:27 +0000 http://strangelyperfect.tv/?p=5303#comment-1749 I've just been looking at the staggering beauty of Armstrong's famous wonky shot of Aldrin which I haven't looked at properly for many years; the stark shadows, the blackness of space, the absolute awfulness of the place, the realisation that without their suits etc, they'd be dead in a few blinks, the realisation that the single rocket motor had to fire (it hadn't been tested before, properly). Gad. The moon's an awful place (paraphrasing Scott of the Antarctic). Why would anyone want to muck up and sully our beautiful blue and green world? We should look after it. I’ve just been looking at the staggering beauty of Armstrong’s famous wonky shot of Aldrin which I haven’t looked at properly for many years;
the stark shadows,
the blackness of space,
the absolute awfulness of the place,
the realisation that without their suits etc, they’d be dead in a few blinks,
the realisation that the single rocket motor had to fire (it hadn’t been tested before, properly).

Gad. The moon’s an awful place (paraphrasing Scott of the Antarctic).

Why would anyone want to muck up and sully our beautiful blue and green world?

We should look after it.

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