Houston, The Cat Has Fallen Asleep

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In 1969 Neil Armstrong reached the Moon after years of training, a rocket as tall as a thirty story building and a few billion dollars of American taxpayers’ money. This cat got there by closing his eyes. Same result, slightly different budget.

Armstrong climbed down the ladder and spoke the most famous line in history: one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. The cat climbed up, turned around three times and gave his own speech: purr. Less poetic, but far more honest.

Then there’s the flag issue. Armstrong planted one to tell the world “we got this one”. The cat doesn’t need one, because a cat that falls asleep on something automatically becomes its owner. Ask anyone who ever tried to get their chair back.

Imagine if NASA had sent him instead. No suit, no helmet, no quarantine on the way back. The countdown would have lasted as long as it takes him to find the comfiest spot, about forty minutes, and Houston would have spent the whole mission calling him without getting an answer. Which, if you think about it, is exactly what happens when you call a cat here on Earth too.

And the trip home? Not on the schedule. Armstrong had to come back for the parade in New York. The cat watches the parade from the Moon, assuming he wakes up.

Put it on your nightstand, in the nursery or on the living room shelf: it’s a single piece, prints in one go and asks for no rockets and no astronauts. Just a quiet spot where he can do what he does best.

Print settings

• Fuzzy skin: No

• Infill: 8%

• Layer height: 0.2 mm

• Material: PLA

• Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm

• Recommended plate: Textured PEI Plate

• Supports: Yes

• Wall count: 2

Armstrong left a footprint on the Moon. He left his fur

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