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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

ELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?

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ELI5 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 · 5 days ago
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    Maybe if that helicopter were flying 18x higher than the International Space Station.

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      Well now I can’t see the canyon, thanks a lot

      realizes we all have no oxygen

      fucking dies

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        Well the brochure did state the the helicopter tours and views were “out of this world” so no refunds.

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      I guess that depends on how much bigger the moon is than the Grand Canyon.

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        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.

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