Don_Dickle to Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish · 6 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-up183arrow-down117
arrow-up166arrow-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 to Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squarePumaStoleMyBlufflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·6 days agoMuch more similar to a chartered helicopter flight, which are quite popular at the Grand Canyon.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·6 days agoMaybe if that helicopter were flying 18x higher than the International Space Station.
minus-squareMidnight WolflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoWell now I can’t see the canyon, thanks a lot realizes we all have no oxygen fucking dies
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 days agoWell the brochure did state the the helicopter tours and views were “out of this world” so no refunds.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI guess that depends on how much bigger the moon is than the Grand Canyon.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoWell great now my brain is going to waste the next 30 minutes unsuccessfully trying to conceive a joke about mooning, the size of the Grand Canyon, and the size of Uranus.
Much more similar to a chartered helicopter flight, which are quite popular at the Grand Canyon.
Maybe if that helicopter were flying 18x higher than the International Space Station.
Well now I can’t see the canyon, thanks a lot
realizes we all have no oxygen
fucking dies
Well the brochure did state the the helicopter tours and views were “out of this world” so no refunds.
I guess that depends on how much bigger the moon is than the Grand Canyon.
Well great now my brain is going to waste the next 30 minutes unsuccessfully trying to conceive a joke about mooning, the size of the Grand Canyon, and the size of Uranus.