Rival the moon landing speech

Wife's vote :

"Houston : Our suspicions were correct. No wonder we thought Johhny Depp and Michael Jackson were a bit off. We've found thier homeworld......"



My response would be the same a Psyk...

Psyk said:
Knowing me my first words would "Oh ****!" because I'd trip up getting out of the spacecraft.
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I claim this planet in the name of me... UL EARTH! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I'll make sure my will ensures that all planets I've claimed in my lifetime are inherited by my family so although I'll obviously die on Mars for saying that, my family will be rich enough eventually to ressurrect me using really cool technology. Then I'll have my own planet and I'll laugh at all the scum down on Earth fighting over resources.
 
Houston - Luke, I'm your father
1st man on Mars - No....no....that's not true.....that's impossible.....no..... NOOOO......NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!'


'Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of me. To seek out new life and new civilisations. To boldly go where no man has gone before.

Mr Data, ahead warp 5...........engage'
 
dmpoole said:
Ten points if you can tell me why that song was made and what song it is ripping off.
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'fraid not. I just heard it on the TV program which takes it's name and really liked it, and have been enjoying it lately. Thought the above lyric might be a rather apt observation of the ever advancing technical prowess of humankind.

Or something.
 
[David Bowie]
This is Major Tom to Ground Control...
[/David Bowie]

Surprised no-one thought of that yet, even though they did think of the other one. :)
 
Conscript said:
'fraid not. I just heard it on the TV program which takes it's name and really liked it, and have been enjoying it lately. Thought the above lyric might be a rather apt observation of the ever advancing technical prowess of humankind.

Or something.
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With one of the strangest lyrics ever to have troubled the charts and a towering chorus, “Life On Mars?” sounds like a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dali painting. The song was originally released on Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory, but that LP failed to sell as well as Bowie had hoped and “Life On Mars?” had to wait until 1973 for a single release, by which time Ziggy Stardust had made him a star.
The song strongly resembles Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” – it has identical chords – and with good reason. Back in 1968 Bowie had written English lyrics for a French song called “Comme, D’Habitude”, calling his version “Even A Fool Learns To Love”. It was never released, but soon afterwards Canadian songwriter Paul Anka heard the original version, bought the rights and rewrote it as “My Way”. Bowie recorded “Life On Mars?” as a Sinatra parody in anger at having missed out on a fortune, although the Hunky Dory liner notes state that the song was merely “inspired by Frankie”.
 
I think i'd act like I was being attacked by something nasty, screaming that they are getting in through the suit. Can you imagine the tension there would be back on earth? Nasa dudes would be going mental - old ladies passing out on their sofas etc.
 
dmpoole said:
With one of the strangest lyrics ever to have troubled the charts and a towering chorus, “Life On Mars?” sounds like a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dali painting. The song was originally released on Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory, but that LP failed to sell as well as Bowie had hoped and “Life On Mars?” had to wait until 1973 for a single release, by which time Ziggy Stardust had made him a star.
The song strongly resembles Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” – it has identical chords – and with good reason. Back in 1968 Bowie had written English lyrics for a French song called “Comme, D’Habitude”, calling his version “Even A Fool Learns To Love”. It was never released, but soon afterwards Canadian songwriter Paul Anka heard the original version, bought the rights and rewrote it as “My Way”. Bowie recorded “Life On Mars?” as a Sinatra parody in anger at having missed out on a fortune, although the Hunky Dory liner notes state that the song was merely “inspired by Frankie”.
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Interestng stuff, thanks :)

I think if any of us found ourselves being the first to step onto the martian surface, we might well be able to think up soemthing very apt on the spot. I remember reading a quote about "war bringing out the poet in people", and I think the same might apply to any particularly special situation. One of those things you cant plan ahead; you would just get caught in the moment and say the right thing :)
 
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