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Definitely a joke. Appolo 12’s call sign was Yankee Clipper, and a clipper ship would not carry any harpoons.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.129|108.162.216.129]] 14:04, 1 August 2014 (UTC) | Definitely a joke. Appolo 12’s call sign was Yankee Clipper, and a clipper ship would not carry any harpoons.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.129|108.162.216.129]] 14:04, 1 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
− | : I'd believe someone might have smuggled some Harpoon (or even any brand of) rum up there, then brought it back down with them, ingested or otherwise (thus the drop right after the mission). Alternately, "incident" could be something more along the lines of losing an empty bottle of rum during a spacewalk (farfetched as it may be) and it reentering the atmosphere(?) - probably no more than stories, though - nothing official probably exists about anything like that going up or down in any manner.{{unsigned|Brettpeirce}} | + | : I'd believe {{Template:Citation_needed}} someone might have smuggled some Harpoon (or even any brand of) rum up there, then brought it back down with them, ingested or otherwise (thus the drop right after the mission). Alternately, "incident" could be something more along the lines of losing an empty bottle of rum during a spacewalk (farfetched as it may be) and it reentering the atmosphere(?) - probably no more than stories, though - nothing official probably exists about anything like that going up or down in any manner.{{unsigned|Brettpeirce}} |
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Saying "sailors would throw harpoons at a whale until it died" betrays a limited understanding of the process. Harpoons were barbed, and were meant to stick in the whale while it sounded (went deep.) A length of (about half-inch) rope kept the harpoon connected to the whaleboat. After the whale was exhausted (from towing the whaleboat while trying to shake off the harpoon? idk) the whaleboat could approach it, and the boatswain (''not'' the harpooner) would kill it with an unbarbed lance. Holling Clancy Holling's ''Seabird'' shows how it was done, with pictures and all. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.153|173.245.54.153]] 19:00, 1 August 2014 (UTC) | Saying "sailors would throw harpoons at a whale until it died" betrays a limited understanding of the process. Harpoons were barbed, and were meant to stick in the whale while it sounded (went deep.) A length of (about half-inch) rope kept the harpoon connected to the whaleboat. After the whale was exhausted (from towing the whaleboat while trying to shake off the harpoon? idk) the whaleboat could approach it, and the boatswain (''not'' the harpooner) would kill it with an unbarbed lance. Holling Clancy Holling's ''Seabird'' shows how it was done, with pictures and all. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.153|173.245.54.153]] 19:00, 1 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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− | Harpoon Rum did go up with Apollo 12. Some miniatures were taken for Thanksgiving, but Charles Conrad order his crew-mates not to drink them. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.207|141.101.98.207]] 10:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC) | + | Harpoon Rum did {{Template:Citation_needed}} go up with Apollo 12. Some miniatures were taken for Thanksgiving, but Charles Conrad order his crew-mates not to drink them. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.207|141.101.98.207]] 10:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC) |
: Is there any online references for this claim? [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 20:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC) | : Is there any online references for this claim? [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 20:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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Apollo 12's landing site was also known as Oceanus Procellarum. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_20091104_apollo12.html#.U9-P-xD5eM0 {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.102}} | Apollo 12's landing site was also known as Oceanus Procellarum. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_20091104_apollo12.html#.U9-P-xD5eM0 {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.102}} | ||
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All I can think of now is "We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon". That'll be in my head for the rest of the day [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.184|141.101.99.184]] 10:49, 5 August 2014 (UTC) | All I can think of now is "We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon". That'll be in my head for the rest of the day [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.184|141.101.99.184]] 10:49, 5 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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Sapient : To posses wisdom (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sapient) | Sapient : To posses wisdom (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sapient) | ||
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: Seems right -- the use of "Sapient" to indicate awareness is a sci-fi only derived meaning [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 15:39, 5 August 2014 (UTC) | : Seems right -- the use of "Sapient" to indicate awareness is a sci-fi only derived meaning [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 15:39, 5 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
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