Why I Hate FB Memes: Reason #537

Indeed, this is clever:

Shows how vacuous young people (women?) are.  Because, of course, we spent billions to send a guy to the moon and he only took a few pictures!  LOL, kids are sooooo self-absorbed!

There's even a Wiki Answer that "proves" Neil only took 5 shots.  Yet:

[F]or most of the time he and Buzz Aldrin were exploring the moon in July 1969, the checklist called for Armstrong to have their only camera.

And just on Mag 40:

• View out Neil's window after the landing.
• View out Neil's window after the landing, rightward of 5847.
• Neil takes Pan 1, consisting of twelve frame, 5850-61.
• Neil takes two photos of Buzz coming out through the hatch, 5862-63 and two of the jettison bag under the descent stage, 5864-65.
• Neil takes four photos of Buzz on the ladder, 5866-69.
• Neil takes two photos of the LM, 5870-71, and two of Buzz deploying the Solar Wind Collector, 5872-73.
• Neil takes two photos of Buzz saluting the U.S. Flag, 5874-75.
• After taking 5875, Neil put the Hasselblad on the MESA.  Later, Buzz got the camera off the MESA and took the next sequence of photos.
• Neil takes five photos of the plaque, 5897-5901.
• Neil takes two full-length portraits of Buzz, 5902-03. 
• etc

Be skeptical of things you read online, and pretty much reject any photo meme you see on Facebook.  They're bullshit.

ntodd

PS--It's pretty clear that somebody, somewhere didn't understand that there are only 5 photos OF Neil on the Moon.