Would you rather have been a Beatle, or have walked on the moon?

how many people could we have fed, tho, if we didn't buy any beatles records

"In 2009, NASA held a symposium on project costs which presented an estimate of the Apollo program costs in 2005 dollars as roughly $170 billion." pretty sure that the total gross revenue of the beatles corporation is some number lower than that.

Would you rather have been on Apollo 13 or been a member of Badfinger?

'deep space homer' is better than that b-sharps episode

I think a lot of the space vs. beatles stuff itt loses sight of the fact that the question in the OP doesn't demand an opinion that casts any kind of judgement on the two occupations. it's just a personal preference. as a musician I would pick the life that involves music every time. to be totally honest I would choose to be a member of the dave matthews band or some shit over an apollo astronaut any day, because that's the lifestyle for me and I have no interest in science, math, the military, bureaucracy, danger, adventure, etc.

this poll is not about whether you'd prefer to be a Beatle or walk on the moon

Would you rather be a member of Sonic Youth or have walked across the United States?

wk you should play the first concert...

...on the moon

on acid?

you'll never listen to surf music again

hear, fuck

a slowly gnawing six-minute doubt that one was

This was a really easy "Beatles" for me. I barely lasted a year as a science major in undergrad.

I'm biased. My college life was spent mostly as an astrophysicist... and most often I'm the one reviving the astronomy threads.

as a musician I would pick the life that involves music every time

As a musician I would pick WALKING ON THE MOTHERFUCKING MOON.

(Explicit Lyrics)

- The Police

As a musician I would pick WALKING ON THE MOTHERFUCKING MOON.

that's not one of the options though

Its true. You can't choose to walk on the moon now, but you can choose to have walked on it 40 something years ago. A subtle distinction.

Walking on the moon, cos in space, no-one can hear the Beatles

On the other hand, the question doesn't actually seem to require that you live the exact life of Buzz Aldrin - you just "have walked on the moon." Maybe they stow you away and then you get to go about your business as you like. Whereas you actually have to be a Beatle, which is a rougher trade. I could dig being Ringo at this point, but John and George both died young and all of them seem to have gone through extensive, ugly bummer periods, in large part drug-related and, I just dunno.

Its true. You can't choose to walk on the moon now, but you can choose to have walked on it 40 something years ago. A subtle distinction.

right, you get to have a 70 year old's memory of something that happened for 7 hours tops over 40 years ago.

Yeah but also you would have been an American hero throughout your life and you are part of a very elite group, bc only several people have done what you did.

nobody here is saying they would do it for the heroism though. they're just saying "WALKING ON THE MOTHERFUCKING MOON."

I don't buy that as a motivating factor -- if it was, can I interest you in being part of the elite squad that raided bin laden?

Lol i wonder if kathryn bigelow would choose that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqm4BVFYHd8

you are part of a very elite group, bc only several people have done what you did.

People who walked on Moon - 12
Beatles - 4*

*ok 6 but who the fuck wants to be Pete Best or Stuart Sutcliffe?

Would you rather have been a 5th Beatle, or the guy who stayed in the capsule while the other guys walked on the moon?

Michael Collins is a cool dude, I'd be okay being him

Wouldn't really want to have been one of the dudes who got shot either.

Yeah there are 4 beatles but thousands of known, accomplished musicians. The Beatles are a singular entity bc of their historical importance, but what they did is similar to what a lot of other people do, even if you think theyre the greatest band ever ( i do not, but i like them.)

The average age of a moon walker was almost 40 - that's a lot of pre-moon time being a military pilot/engineer type while everyone else was getting off their faces and listening to the Beatles.

Yeah there are 4 beatles but thousands of known, accomplished musicians. The Beatles are a singular entity bc of their historical importance, but what they did is similar to what a lot of other people do, even if you think theyre the greatest band ever ( i do not, but i like them.)

yeah, but I would pick the life of almost any of those other musicians over being an astronaut.

wk speaks for many of us there

Oh i'm with you wk. just trying to clarify the "stakes" of this question.

Is being Klaus Voorman an option here? That dude is pretty cool.

there are no beatles song with "moon" in the title (I mean composed by them).
coincidence ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqBH-9yyQMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvL5FVFVX1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0KcgXQ2fl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9quPcNWZE

TS: Wang Dang Sweet Poontang vs. Tang

right, you get to have a 70 year old's memory of something that happened for 7 hours tops over 40 years ago.

Actually by the time of Apollo 17, they were camped out there for three days and spending 7 hours every day out on the surface.

that's a vacation I want to take

sounds like a drag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAC-eIuvqhg

The moon is dead
There is no life upon the moon
And it's cold even when it shines
Totally empty, no one home
The moon is dead,
The moon is dead.

^^^ catchy but not as good as the beatles IMO

I'll never get to be a Beatle, but two weeks ago I did get to walk on that volcanic plain where the astronauts trained.

wow elvis that's awesome! I love that panorama you made!

The Beatles are a singular entity bc of their historical importance, but what they did is similar to what a lot of other people do, even if you think theyre the greatest band ever ( i do not, but i like them.)

Similar yes. There are thousands who did similar thing to men walking on the moon. Lots of explorers, lots of people who hopped around on rocky surfaces, lots of people rode in really fast vessels on long journeys. Yes, no one else has walked on the fucking moon, just like no one else has been the most famous fucking band of all time.

There are thousands who did similar thing to men walking on the moon.

not really. closest thing is maybe the guys who first scaled Everest (w/out oxygen).

afaik other explorers all had access to air and gravity which are, you know, kind of a big deal