# The bTruth About NASA's Moon Exploration!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011 "2015-02-18T15:53:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/21 "2015-02-21T03:45:52Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Only because the human insisted that the lifeform hadn’t really been brought here from the Moon. Plus the human was bigger than the lifeform and was standing very close shouting and waving an object at the lifeform, which no doubt caused the lifeform to feel threatened and lash out according to it’s instincts. I wouldn’t call Sibrel a human. Well, not an _intelligent_ human anyway.😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/22 "2015-02-21T07:05:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I wouldn’t call Sibrel a human. Well, not an _intelligent_ human anyway.😃 I never used the word “intelligent”, and certainly not in referring to him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/23 "2015-02-21T08:25:24Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > One of the recovered lifeforms infiltrated one of the highest branches of the US government. And one of them displayed physical aggression when the “official” version of events was questioned, going so far as to hit someone simply seeking the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/24 "2015-02-22T04:09:10Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What’s a “bTruth”? Is that a Lunarian word? It’s a computer sciency term. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/25 "2015-02-22T04:30:59Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It’s a computer sciency term. Then I guess I went to the wrong college. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/26 "2015-02-22T10:05:33Z")
I think it’s of particular significance that all the recovered life forms required immersion in DiHydrogenOxide before they could be released. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/27 "2015-02-22T16:06:52Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I think it’s of particular significance that all the recovered life forms required immersion in > DiHydrogenOxide before they could be released. I’m pretty sure that only one or two were immersed, and that was accidental. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/28 "2015-02-24T15:11:54Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What’s a “bTruth”? Is that a Lunarian word? is it a Fnord? > **[Fnord](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord)** > > "Fnord" (/fnɔːrd/) is a word coined in 1965 by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia. It entered into popular culture after appearing in The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) of novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. Here, the interjection "fnord" is given hypnotic power over the unenlightened, and children in grade school are taught to be unable to see the word consciously. For the rest of their lives, every appearance of the word subconscio... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/29 "2015-02-24T18:32:14Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What’s a “bTruth”? Is that a Lunarian word? It’s probably a Birthday Truth. Or a Business Truth. I don’t know – I don’t have my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/30 "2015-02-26T03:59:49Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I think it’s of particular significance that all the recovered life forms required immersion in > DiHydrogenOxide before they could be released. Chemistry uses _nomenclature._ It is called Dihydrogen monoxide (as contracted from Mono-Oxide). Sheesh. Rookies. Here’s the original [snopes.com](http://snopes.com) article: [http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp](http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/31 "2015-02-26T04:14:25Z")
I’m perturbed by the idea that, yes, human space travel is the species’ crowning achievement, but dogs went there first, and they weren’t even _trying_! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/32 "2015-02-26T05:50:06Z")
Gimme a break, it was 2 AM. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/33 "2015-02-28T02:56:59Z")
I’m glad they are sending the probe to Titan instead of Europa, even though it’s closer. I saw a documentary about that once and it seems like a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/34 "2015-02-28T22:53:09Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I’m perturbed by the idea that, yes, human space travel is the species’ crowning achievement, but dogs went there first, and they weren’t even _trying_! I Laika the way this conversation is going. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/35 "2015-03-01T00:20:33Z")
At one point they were planning an all male mission to Mars, however it was canceled after the robots residing there made it clear that they would not in fact find more candy bars. Meanwhile, plans have been shelved that would have sent a team of all female astronauts to Jupiter. Data indicated that somehow the properties of that planet could possibly make them more stupider. [sub][sup]somewhere the wind WOOOSHes through a playground[/sup][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/36 "2015-03-02T16:24:41Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It’s a computer sciency term. And a pox on those that use Hungarian notation. They may not know that they’re wrong, but they are. ---
**Author:** ![Sasha\_Volokh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Sasha\_Volokh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasha_Volokh)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/37 "2015-04-24T14:19:38Z")
Hey, just saw that there was this thread about my Moon post. I love the point about one of the lifeforms having attacked a human – I’m totally using that next time I talk about this. Who was the lifeform who infiltrated a branch of the U.S. government? (I presume not John Glenn, since he wasn’t on the moon.) Also, I like the part about the dogs being in space first and they weren’t even trying. Anyway, thanks for the discussion! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/38 "2015-04-24T14:31:59Z")
> [@Sasha\_Volokh](#): > > Hey, just saw that there was this thread about my Moon post. I love the point about one of the lifeforms having attacked a human – I’m totally using that next time I talk about this. Hey, that was mine! Glad you liked it. > [@Sasha\_Volokh](#): > > Who was the lifeform who infiltrated a branch of the U.S. government? (I presume not John Glenn, since he wasn’t on the moon.) I think the person who posted that meant Harrison Schmitt, who was a Senator for one term. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/39 "2015-04-24T14:57:59Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > One of the recovered lifeforms infiltrated one of the highest branches of the US government. > [@Sasha\_Volokh](#): > > Who was the lifeform who infiltrated a branch of the U.S. government? > [@Andy\_L](#): > > I think the person who posted that meant Harrison Schmitt, who was a Senator for one term. Ding Ding Ding!!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011/40 "2015-04-24T15:03:35Z")
You guys laugh now. But when that NASA probe starts sending back reports that something is moving around on Titan, don’t say you weren’t warned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-btruth-about-nasas-moon-exploration/713011.md?page=3)