The language is weird about it. Because it’s not a landing. Most people don’t think of Apollo 8 as “going to the moon” — for the public, that’s Apollo 11.

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palata 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That, and most people don't care about the Apollo missions that happened after Apollo 11.

Hell, nobody knows the name of the third guy who did not get to set foot on the Moon with Apollo 11.

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zabzonk 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> nobody knows the name

I didn't have to google for it to know - Mike Collins. I also knew the the name of the third guy to walk on it - Pete Conrad, and what he said getting out of the LEM (perhaps not precisely): "That may be a small step for Neil, but it was a big one for me"

Can I have my prize now??

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Gagarin1917 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Most people don’t care about Apollo 11 period.

They know it happened but they have zero interest in it or the history.

That’s why the average person doesn’t cares now. They never actually did.

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palata 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Well the comparison is not what people think about Apollo 11 right now, but what they thought back then.

Back then, it was a big event that made the news worldwide.

Artemis II launched yesterday, and my non-engineer relatives and friends don't even know it happened (they don't even know it was planned).

	▲	Gagarin1917 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It WAS global news, I assure you. Every major news agency and local news channels talked about it. People don’t get their “news” from news agencies anymore, though. They get it from their social media algorithms, and if they have no prior interest in anything space or tangential to space, they won’t get news about it. And if they did hear about it, it probably didn’t connect whatsoever, and their brain filled it away in the same place as “city bus makes successful stop at bus stop.” Because they couldn’t care less. Culture is far less centralized, for better or worse.

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skeeter2020 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I read something along these lines yesterday, to paraphrase: "Saying we're going back to the moon is like driving across the country, circling Hoboken and telling your friends about your trip to NY City".