Post by getchristielove on Sept 28, 2006 10:35:21 GMT -5
>
>When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, they did some
astronaut
>training on a Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona. One day, a Navajo
elder
>and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The old
man,
>who spoke only Navajo, asked a question which his son translated.
>
>"What are these guys in the big suits doing?" A member of the crew
said
>they were practicing for their trip to the Moon. The old man got all
>excited, and asked if he could send a message to the Moon with the
>astronauts.
>
>Recognizing a promotional opportunity for the spin-doctors, the NASA
folks
>found a tape recorder. After the old man recorded his message, they
asked
>the son to translate it. He refused.
>
>So the NASA reps brought the tape to the reservation where the rest of
the
>tribe listened and laughed, but refused to translate the Elder's
message to
>the Moon.
>
>Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator.
He
>reported that the Moon message said:
>
>"Watch out for these assholes, They have come to steal your land."
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That is rather funny in a not so funny way 
