posted 02-03-2016 02:44 PM
Thank you very much for posting that great little clip. As a car guy and a space buff must say it brought a tear to my eye.
GoesTo11 Member
Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
posted 02-03-2016 04:58 PM
Awesome
Per AdWeek Magazine's website, the spot will run during the game's first quarter.
Ronpur Member
Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
posted 02-03-2016 10:08 PM
That is perfect in so many ways!
Chariot412 Member
Posts: 156 From: Lockport, NY, 14094 Registered: Jun 2011
posted 02-03-2016 10:25 PM
Suddenly, I want an Audi.
randy Member
Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
posted 02-04-2016 08:17 AM
I do too.
Skythings Member
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posted 02-04-2016 10:03 AM
Somehow I was compelled to hug an aging astronaut.
sev8n Member
Posts: 233 From: Dallas TX USA Registered: Jul 2012
posted 02-04-2016 03:47 PM
Wondering, were the missing legs on the LM model meant to be symbolic?
GoesTo11 Member
Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
posted 02-06-2016 06:11 PM
quote:Originally posted by sev8n: Wondering, were the missing legs on the LM model meant to be symbolic?
Don't know about that... but I've watched this way too many times and just now noticed the Code 3/TMC Apollo CM on the "Commander's" desk.
GACspaceguy Member
Posts: 2474 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
posted 02-06-2016 07:59 PM
How about the Mercury spacecraft (it looks like one of those plastic banks) at the base of the lamp?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-07-2016 02:47 PM
Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra appeared on CBS's pre-game show from aboard the space station (screen cap via Jim Banke on Facebook):
Buel Member
Posts: 649 From: UK Registered: Mar 2012
posted 02-07-2016 06:09 PM
Unbelievable!! I nearly shed a tear too.
(Dave Scott, anybody?)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-07-2016 07:49 PM
Scott Kelly on the space station:
Hosted Super Bowl party on space station, but no one showed up. I would have served nachos!
Got to see the Super Bowl in person after all! But at 17,500MPH, it didn't last long.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-07-2016 08:27 PM
Jeep's ad included a shot of an astronaut. Rick Mastracchio confirmed it was Mike Hopkins:
Great shot of @AstroIllini in Super Bowl car ad with reflection of me in his visor.
Ronpur Member
Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
posted 02-07-2016 09:58 PM
And Scott is on The Late Show!
Posts: 267 From: College Station, TX Registered: Apr 2003
posted 02-08-2016 12:46 AM
One website says MSRP is $116,000. Guess I'll keep my 89 Mazda RX-7 and keep pretending it's a rocket.
Would have been cool if they had tweaked the opening a little and cast a real Apollo astronaut as the main character. Wonder if they invited anyone.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-08-2016 03:54 AM
Audi launched its "Why the Moon Matters" campaign, which included this commercial, by having Gene Cernan on stage at the North American Auto Show in Detroit in January, as pictured in our article.
(Also mentioned was the company's Google Lunar XPrize involvement, as Craig [Buel] linked to above.)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-08-2016 09:28 AM
quote:Originally posted by Ronpur: And Scott is on The Late Show!
And here's that clip (starts at about 4:15):
Buel Member
Posts: 649 From: UK Registered: Mar 2012
posted 02-08-2016 11:04 AM
quote:Originally posted by Kevmac: Would have been cool if they had tweaked the opening a little and cast a real Apollo astronaut as the main character. Wonder if they invited anyone.
Now THAT would have made it perfect! Who would you have preferred it to have been? For me, Charlie Duke.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-10-2016 09:11 AM
quote:Originally posted by Kevmac: Would have been cool if they had tweaked the opening a little and cast a real Apollo astronaut as the main character.
Buzz Aldrin cited on Twitter today the results of the Audi ad on his own identity, according to Google Trends:
+350% spike in searches for @TheRealBuzz (Buzz Aldrin) since the @Audi commercial #SB50
Says Aldrin:
Too bad @Audi didn't ask me to do that #SB50 commercial but I am happy people thought to look me up.
posted 02-02-2016 10:06 PM
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