Back in the late 60s, when NASA was planning it's Moon missions, it decided to train
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Back in the late 60s, when NASA was planning it's Moon missions, it decided to train
its astronauts in the Arizona desert on the Navajo Reservation, having concluded that this environment most closely resembled the terrain they would encounter on the Moon. One day, astronauts were training in their bulky moon suits when they encountered a navajo elder and his son. The elder spoke only Navajo and his son translated. The elder said "Who are these people and what are they doing in those big suits?" A NASA official explained that they were training to go to the Moon. The elder got all excited: "You're going to the Moon? Can I send a message with you to the Moon?" The NASA official, recognizing a good PR opportunity, said "Sure" and sent an aid to fetch a tape recorder. The elder recorded a brief message in Navajo. His son listened to the message and laughed his ass off -- but he refused to translate it. So they took the tape to the Navajo village and played it before some people in the village. They laughed their asses off -- but they refused to translate it. Finally, they summoned an official translator, who listened to the tape, laughed his ass off, and said "What he said was 'Watch out for these assholes, they've come to steal your land.'"
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