But where did the whole "man on the moon" concept originate, and what does it mean? To find out, we first need to rewind all the way back to 1981.

On August 1 of that year, MTV launched with footage of a literal launch. The video in question showed the Apollo 11 [rocket] firing off the ground, then segued into an astronaut planting a flag emblazoned with the MTV logo on the moon's surface. A voiceover proclaimed, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll." And thus, MTV was born.

"The whole idea was, the statue had to be balancing on one leg, like anti-gravity and floating," Gorman said. "Otherwise, it didn't have any magic to it."

She was also intent on having a footprint on the base of the trophy underneath the astronaut's floating foot, which Gorman said was an homage to Neil Armstrong's famous quote...