[Cushman]

The Moon is much larger and much farther away from the Earth than you are probably imagining when you hear this.

Still cool, though.

[127001brewer]

Here's an image of the Earth (on the left) and the Moon (on the right) to get a better sense of the distance between the two:

http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/51000/5196...

[losvedir]

Wow, I'm not sure I fully grasped the distance until I saw that picture. The fact that people actually went allllll the way out there and back just astounds me.

[peteretep]

Also: http://www.freemars.org/jeff/planets/Luna/Luna2c.png

[mynameishere]

I like this better. Also shows you the speed of light.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Speed_of_...

[afterburner]

Well, cosmically speaking, that does seem quite close.