Men on the moon (Achtung, Englisch!)
Verfasst: 12. Dez 2003, 14:21
When NASA prepared for the Apollo Project, it trained its astronauts on a Navajo reservation in the Arizona desert.
One day, a Navajo elder and his son happened upon the astronauts walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated: "What are the guys in the big suits doing?"
One astronauts replied, "We're preparing for a trip to the moon." When his son translated this, the elder got excited and asked if they could deliver a message from the Navajo nation to the moon.
Recognizing good thing when it fell in his lap, a nearby NASA P. R. man said, "Certainly!" and quickly found a tape recorder. The Navajo elder's comments microphone were brief.
The NASA officials asked the son to translate his father's words, but the son just smiled.
The NASA P. R. guy took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for some other tribal elders. They too smiled but refused to translate.
Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After he finally stopped laughing, he gave them the message:
"Watch out for these as$holes. They come to steal your land!"
One day, a Navajo elder and his son happened upon the astronauts walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated: "What are the guys in the big suits doing?"
One astronauts replied, "We're preparing for a trip to the moon." When his son translated this, the elder got excited and asked if they could deliver a message from the Navajo nation to the moon.
Recognizing good thing when it fell in his lap, a nearby NASA P. R. man said, "Certainly!" and quickly found a tape recorder. The Navajo elder's comments microphone were brief.
The NASA officials asked the son to translate his father's words, but the son just smiled.
The NASA P. R. guy took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for some other tribal elders. They too smiled but refused to translate.
Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After he finally stopped laughing, he gave them the message:
"Watch out for these as$holes. They come to steal your land!"