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fandomhigh2016-10-02 08:41 pm
throughaphase) wrote in fandomhigh2016-10-02 08:41 pm
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Firsthand History- Monday- 1st period
Class met in the Danger Shop today, which was cramped, and looked very much like the inside of a lunar module, but a little larger than it really was. It was still super cramped, so hopefully you all liked each other. Also, right outside would be the moon.
"Welcome to Apollo 11," Kitty began. "It's July 20, 1969. This might be really primitive to anyone who's used to a lot of space travel, but we're still pretty new at it. At this point in history, the US and the Soviet Union have been engaged in a space race for fourteen years. The two were engaged in the Cold War after World War II- which I guarantee we'll go into more in other classes- and they were trying very hard to one-up each other on this. The Russians had gotten a satellite before the US, and got the first man in space, but the US won out when it came to putting a man on the actual moon. Today, Neil Armstrong is going to step foot on the surface, followed by Buzz Aldrin, and they'll spend a couple hours gathering rocks and such to bring back to Earth, and then later to deal with people trying to claim it's all a hoax." Her tone might have told the students what she thought of that. You're going to get to step out and watch it. But first, you're going to get to put on space suits, because you can't really have fun on the moon if you're not in a spacesuit."
"Welcome to Apollo 11," Kitty began. "It's July 20, 1969. This might be really primitive to anyone who's used to a lot of space travel, but we're still pretty new at it. At this point in history, the US and the Soviet Union have been engaged in a space race for fourteen years. The two were engaged in the Cold War after World War II- which I guarantee we'll go into more in other classes- and they were trying very hard to one-up each other on this. The Russians had gotten a satellite before the US, and got the first man in space, but the US won out when it came to putting a man on the actual moon. Today, Neil Armstrong is going to step foot on the surface, followed by Buzz Aldrin, and they'll spend a couple hours gathering rocks and such to bring back to Earth, and then later to deal with people trying to claim it's all a hoax." Her tone might have told the students what she thought of that. You're going to get to step out and watch it. But first, you're going to get to put on space suits, because you can't really have fun on the moon if you're not in a spacesuit."
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Listen to the lecture
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Put on spacesuits
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Unless the simulation actually involved a vacuum. In that case -- well. Breathing was a good thing, generally.
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Yes, she knew it was a Danger Shop simulation. No, she did not see how that made a difference.
MOON.
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Watch the moon landing
And then you can just bounce around on the moon without gravity for a while.
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The moon had way less gravity than Titan did. As she slowly wobbled through an accidental tumble several feet above the ground, Tip had plenty of time to appreciate that fact. Also to grumble faintly to herself about how bulky the space suit was.
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Talk to Kitty
Yeah, on second thought, everything about this class made her deeply uncomfortable considering where she'd been this time last year. Oops.
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