Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?message-squaremessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down117
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squarebookmeat@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down12·11 days agoDoing a flyby is like going to the cinema, sitting outside then going home.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days ago like going to the cinema You just used “to” in the same way the media did in the process of trying to argue against it.
minus-squarebookmeat@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoYes, that was intentional to show how stupid it is.
Doing a flyby is like going to the cinema, sitting outside then going home.
You just used “to” in the same way the media did in the process of trying to argue against it.
Yes, that was intentional to show how stupid it is.