You’re missing the point. The joke is that retard Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee, who asked about the flag that was planted on MARS (not the moon).
“SJL made this comment to NASA officials gathered during a past Mars mission —
She said, ‘What, what, is it going to go where the astronauts planted the flag?’
“Of course, the staff of the Johnson Space Center said, ‘OK, we’ve got a woman here who doesn’t have the slightest idea that we are talking about Mars, not the Moon. How do we (a) not laugh and then how do we answer her question without embarrassing her because there are a lot of other people there?’”
Here is an article on Sheila Jackson Lee’s “moon” comment:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/mooned/
I also haven't paid a great deal of attention to the Mars mission either, to be quite honest. Because right now there are so many other pressing things happening that are of more importance to me. 🙂
I tend to look at these topics as a distraction that fall way below the radar of close scrutiny.
I had to admit though that I was confused that anyone should make that mistake. Thanks for informing me that SJL is as stupid as she appears to be. Not that I really had any doubts, but I had missed that one for sure. 🙂
“How do we (a) not laugh and then how do we answer her question without embarrassing her because there are a lot of other people there?”
Pull the fire alarm.