This weekend brought us more sad news. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away at the age of 82 on Saturday. Armstrong’s place in history cannot be overstated. Only eleven other human beings have ever set foot on the moon, and he was the first. In remembrance and celebration of Neil Armstrong’s amazing accomplishment, I’d like to take this opportunity to send one of our readers a copy of the excellent documentary ‘In the Shadow of the Moon‘, which features the astronaut in interviews.
From the official synopsis:
Between 1968 and 1972, nine U.S. spacecraft voyaged to the Moon, and 12 men walked upon its surface. They remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. This chronicle brings together, possibly for the first and last time, the surviving crew members from every single Apollo mission that flew to the Moon; it also allows them to tell their story in their own words. First-hand testimony is interwoven with visual archival material which has been re- mastered from the original NASA film footage–much of it never used before. As a result, this space ‘epic’ communicates the daring, the danger, the pride, and the promise of this extraordinary era in history when the whole world literally looked up at the United States of America.
Because I feel that Armstrong’s passing deserves commemorating, I will personally order a copy of this Blu-ray from Amazon and ship to one lucky reader.
How can you win? Simply participate in our photo caption contest and give us a funny, clever, patriotic or respectful caption for the following image. Click to enlarge:
For example: “I can’t believe some jackasses still think I faked this.”
I have one additional rule: I will not accept any variation on “Do you remember where we parked?”, “Dude, where’s my car?”, “I can see my house from here” or “I can see Russia from my house.” Those are too obvious. I’m putting a kibosh on entries with those jokes. Pretty much anything else is fair game.
The winner will be chosen at our own subjective discretion based on whichever responses we enjoy the most. Entries are limited to 10 per person. That should give you plenty of opportunity to craft a good submission, but will also help us to avoid any potential appearance of awarding prizes based on volume rather than quality.
This contest is only open to entrants from the domestic United States. We will not ship internationally (whether you’re a U.S. citizen or not). Employees of High-Def Digest or Internet Brands and their families are not eligible. Standard contest rules and conditions apply. People who have won any of our previous contests within the past one year are also not eligible to win, but may get Honorable Mentions.
The deadline for entry is this Friday, August 31st. The winner will be announced next week. Good luck, everyone!
And yes, I still need to announce the winners to last week’s contest. I’ll do that later this week, after I’ve finished sorting through all the entries.
Adarsh Abraham
So begins the legacy of SpaceBook.
EM
Huh. Now what?!
EM
“CHEESE”
Joseph Bush
“great…..NOW i have to pee”…..
Dennis Lafontaine
Good thing mom’s not here to see the footprints I left on the nice clean floor.
Dan jones
“they should make this into a movie someday with talking alien robots. There is no way a director could screw this up!”
Dan jones
“Houston… We are going to need a bigger spaceship,”
Kyle Wright
Some day, someone is going to invent an *internet* and build a *Facebook* and this is going to make the BEST profile picture ever!
eric hanes
All the best scientists in the world and we couldn’t predict the wind blows backwards on the moon.
eric hanes
Can you see the hole from here? Should I pull the flag?
eric hanes
I can’t find my ball, I swear it landed near the hole.
eric hanes
I love the views on this golf course, but the dress code is killing my swing.
eric hanes
That is one small step for man…uhhh Shots! Shots! Shots! I’m on the moon biiiitch!
Jon D
The start of the ultimate Smooth Criminal lean……
eric hanes
This looks so fake, no one will ever think this is real.
Jim S.
From hundreds of years as a dream, to eight years as a belief, to a day of reality.
Iron Man
Just think, in a few more years we’ll be walking on Mars…..
fred williamson
Even out here, I am moonstruck at the American flag !!
fred williamson
No matter where you are, the american flag leaves you breathless….
eric hanes
Hey! Buzz. Does it look crooked to you?
eric hanes
Oh crap! I left the dog strapped to the roof of our ship.
eric hanes
Ahhh… this no gravity is cool. I can just stand here and take a nap…zzzzzz.
eric hanes
Damnit! My iPhone battery just died.
eric hanes
Now… where did I put my iPad? It must be around here somewhere.
eric hanes
dah duh dah …Well if you’ve got that lean, come on give me a sip. If the police only knew that blue lights induce a trip.. doo doo dah doh
eric hanes
Lean wit it… rock wit it…
eric hanes
OK! That’s real funny. Who brought the backwards flag?
eric hanes
Gerty, is there someone else in the room?
eric hanes
Gerty, how did this flag get here? I don’t remember putting this here.
eric hanes
If this is the first time we have been here, how did this flag get here?