navajo and NASA

[Guest guest]

When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the

astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.

 

One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew

walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked

a question. His son translated for the NASA people: "What are

these guys in the big suits doing?"

 

 

One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip

to the moon. When his son relayed this comment the Navajo elder

got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give to the

astronauts a message to deliver to the moon.

 

Recognizing a promotional opportunity when he saw one, a NASA

official accompanying the astronauts said, "Why certainly!" and

told an underling to get a tape recorder. The Navajo elder's

comments into the microphone were brief.

 

The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his

father had said. The son listened to the recording and laughed

uproariously. But he refused to translate. So the NASA people

took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for other

members of the tribe. They too laughed long and loudly but also

refused to translate the elder's message to the moon.

 

Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After

he finally stopped laughing the translator relayed the message:

"Watch out for these Guys - they have come to steal your land."

[Guest guest]

LOL

 

Jo

 

navajo and NASA

 

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