# Questions you'd ask an Apollo moonwalker? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354 "2012-09-10T23:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/21 "2012-09-11T07:16:34Z")
What was the most beautiful, breathtaking scenery you saw on your mission? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/22 "2012-09-11T07:17:40Z")
**Frisco** , I’m looking forward to your sharing with us after the dinner. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/23 "2012-09-11T07:50:20Z")
What do Moon rocks smell like? Feel like? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/24 "2012-09-11T08:25:40Z")
“Were you warned to steady the flag as you installed it?” ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/25 "2012-09-11T09:20:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > (from another SDMB thread) > > Now that we’ve been there, do you think we should blow it up? 😉 > [@outlierrn](#): > > Lion vs. Tiger in lunar gravity cagefight, who wins? Can the space shuttle take off from a vertical treadmill? ---
**Author:** ![Frisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Frisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frisco)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/26 "2012-09-11T12:32:20Z")
Some good ideas here. Thanks, and keep ’ em coming please! My dinner is a bit away still, but I will come back with a report on any of these questions I’m able to ask. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/27 "2012-09-11T13:34:04Z")
Would you do it again, if offered the chance? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/28 "2012-09-11T13:42:45Z")
I just want to say how envious I am, and it’s a great idea to prep for this unique encounter. These guys aren’t just pilots. They’re whip-smart, multiple degree bearing geniuses, so don’t embarass us. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/29 "2012-09-11T13:42:55Z")
What percentage of astronauts really like Tang? Which are you more jealous of: Neil Armstrong being first on the moon or Buzz Aldrin getting to deck Bart Sibrel? ---
**Author:** ![Frisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Frisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frisco)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/30 "2012-09-11T14:36:32Z")
If it helps spawn ideas, the astronaut I’m scheduled to dine with is Charlie Duke. So in addition to moonwalking on Apollo 16 he also was capcom on Apollo 11 (“You’ve got a bunch of guys about to turn blue down here”) and Ken Mattingly’s “Typhoid Mary” for Apollo 13. I’m pretty geeked out. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/31 "2012-09-11T15:52:32Z")
From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Following transposition and docking, the crew noticed the exterior surface of the Lunar Module was **giving off particles from a spot where the LM’s skin appeared torn or shredded** ; at one point, Charlie Duke estimated they were seeing about five to ten particles per second. I’d be interested to know just what was going through his mind at that point! ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/32 "2012-09-11T16:11:33Z")
How strong was the temptation to “moon” the earth from the moon? (Yes, I know the suits would not accommodate this) ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/33 "2012-09-11T17:05:24Z")
Ask what his favourite question has been, and his least favourite…meta! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/34 "2012-09-11T18:26:56Z")
“Are you gonna finish that?” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/35 "2012-09-11T18:42:08Z")
“Have you ever been back to that soundstage in Nevada?” (Then duck, in case Charlie’s been taking lessons from Buzz) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/36 "2012-09-11T19:35:43Z")
This thread sucks. I want to read the _answers_, dammit! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/37 "2012-09-11T20:55:33Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > “Have you ever been back to that soundstage in Nevada?” > > (Then duck, in case Charlie’s been taking lessons from Buzz) 😃 Do you perhaps have a newsletter? I was thinking I would ask if he met any big time Hollywood stars while on the soundstage. Everyone I visit Kennedy Space cEnter I always ask some employee, as straight faced as I can manage, where might I find the building with the soundstage in it? When they just stare at me I say, I know they’re watching, blink twice if it is in that building (whispering for effect). It is amazing to see the reactions, some laugh with you, but others get all ruffled up to where you think they are going to start telling. Good times, good times.😃 ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/38 "2012-09-11T21:16:24Z")
What made NASA as an organization special then? The three people whom you think Apollo couldn’t have made it to the moon without? How/were you able to reconnect with wife (most astronauts no longer married to the same woman as they were doing Apollo days) and/or kids once you came back to Earth? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/39 "2012-09-11T21:43:10Z")
Are giant steps what you take? Did you hope your legs don’t break? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youd-ask-an-apollo-moonwalker/634354/40 "2012-09-11T22:34:49Z")
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