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Originally posted by resistance
Astronomer -- Why is it that modern spacemen, when they are in space doing repairs and such and wearing their spacesuits, need to be hooked up to the mother ship when they are in space in order to keep their coolpacks working, but the astroNOTs on the moon didn't?
Unmodified Hasselblad 550C medium format cameras were first used on the last two Mercury one-man missions in 1962 and 1963. The Hasselblads proved the mainstay of the early space program and were used throughout the Gemini two-man spaceflights in 1965 and 1966.
Originally posted by helium3
Proof = scientific facts
how did humans pass through Van Allen's radiation belt ? I far as i know there was no lead in the walls of the rocket ( try getting that off the ground) . SO if they did go to the moon Buzz and the boys would of been microwaved like TV's dinners in that rocket. Not to mention the flim, you think camera flim and a Unmodified Hasselblad can expose photo that those levels of RADS . Check this out for your self they just used
Unmodified Hasselblad 550C medium format cameras were first used on the last two Mercury one-man missions in 1962 and 1963. The Hasselblads proved the mainstay of the early space program and were used throughout the Gemini two-man spaceflights in 1965 and 1966.
history.nasa.gov...
I encourage ATS members to research basic photography skils and see how NASA is now is the miracle business.
[edit on 19-10-2005 by helium3]
Originally posted by helium3
So how did that take photos ? for underwater photography you need a special housing same applys with extreme conditions photography. yet they used you a run of the mill hassleblad ?.
Supposedly, travel to the moon is impossible because of the Van Allen radiation belts. So who better than Van Allen himself to describe the hazards (of course, he's part of the plot too!)
The Van Allen Belts are zones where particles from the sun are trapped by the earth's magnetic field. In a 1960 paper, On the Radiation Hazards of Space Flight, Van Allen describes the belts and their hazards. The belts vary greatly in extent and radiation depending on solar activity, but generally there is an inner, energetic belt mostly at low latitudes between about 2000 and 4000 kilometers and an outer, less energetic belt between about 13,000 and 20,000 kilometers above the earth. The belts carry a radiation dose of about 20 roentgens (grays in modern units) per hour and the gap in between about one. These figures are for spacecraft shielded by about 4 mm of aluminum (one gram per square centimeter).
(Note: dosimetry is a complex issue and there are several types of units - roentgens, rems, rads, and grays - that measure different things, but they turn out to be roughly equivalent when applied to human exposure. On the other hand, if you know enough about dosimetry to care, then you should know enough to refute the Van Allen Belt argument. If you still believe the conspiracy theory, shame on you.)
Assuming, then, that we shoot the Apollo capsule straight through the belts at escape velocity (40,000 km/hour), we're talking 0.05 hours in the inner belt, 0.225 hours in the gap and 0.175 hours in the outer belt. That means a total dose of (20 x 0.05) + (.225 x 1) + (20 x 0.175) = 4.7 roentgens, or about 1% of the fatal radiation dose. Double this figure for the round trip. Once beyond the belts the radiation hazard becomes small.
Although ten roentgens is far below the lethal dose, it poses significant long-term health hazards and nowadays is considered a wholly unacceptable dosage. There are two ways to reduce the risk. First, since the inner belt is largely confined to within 30 degrees of the equator, launch into an orbit inclined at least 30 degrees to the equator and then launch into a lunar trajectory above or below the inner belt.
Second, the energy distribution of the particles in the inner and outer belt is quite different. Changing our 4 mm of aluminum to lead would have only marginal effects in reducing dosage in the inner belt, but it cuts the dosage in the outer belt by a factor of 500. Also, the outer belt is still most intense at low latitudes and the spacecraft trajectory can be aimed to minimize radiation exposure in the outer belt.
According to NASA, none of the Apollo missions exceeded one roentgen of total dosage.
www.uwgb.edu...
[edit on 19-10-2005 by helium3]
Originally posted by resistance
Astronomer -- Why is it that modern spacemen, when they are in space doing repairs and such and wearing their spacesuits, need to be hooked up to the mother ship when they are in space in order to keep their coolpacks working, but the astroNOTs on the moon didn't?
The Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) provides a Shuttle crewmember with the life support equipment and mobile pressure enclosure necessary to perform Extravehicular Activity (EVA). EVA highlights include the refueling and repair of satellites on orbit, retrieval of satellites for refurbishment on earth, and the assembly of the International Space Station. EMU has demonstrated the ability of humans to work effectively in space. The EMU consists of two major subsystems; the Life Support Subsystem (LSS) and the Space Suit Assembly (SSA). This integrated space suit and life support system permits astronauts to work comfortably and safely in space.
www.hamiltonsundstrand.com...
Primary Life Support Subsystem (PLSS) - provides oxygen, power, carbon dioxide removal, cooling water, radio equipment and warning system
science.howstuffworks.com...
By this point I have no doubt told you more than you really wanted to know about the Van Allen belt and the Apollo radiation problem! Nevertheless, I have barely scratched the surface, and waved my hands a bit, to make it seem likely that I'm not full of baloney. But in the end you always have to either do it all yourself, or trust a stranger completely, or try to find some path in between: which means understanding a little science, so you can judge for yourself if my arguments make any sense at all, check a little, think about it, maybe do a bit of research on your own from the references if you are interested. The only alternative is to trust no one and do everything, which is simply impossible for anyone; or really give up all your judgements to other people, who may be saints or crooks, wise or insane. I hope you will try to find the possible but not perfect in-between path by learning some science. It is hard, but it is fun and interesting, and it gives you your own power to think and evaluate for yourself, albeit in a limited and imperfect way.
Proponents of the Apollo Moon Landing Hoax have argued that space travel to the moon is impossible because the Van Allen radiation would kill or incapacitate an astronaut who made the trip. In practice, Apollo astronauts who travelled to the moon spent very little time in the belts and received a harmless dose. [1]. Nevertheless NASA deliberately timed Apollo launches, and used lunar transfer orbits that only skirted the edge of the belt over the equator to minimise the radiation. Astronauts who visited the moon probably have a slightly higher risk of cancer during their lifetimes, but still remain unlikely to become ill because of it.
Originally posted by resistance
The Apollo space suits were the first to use liquid cooling garments with a separate ventilation garment. The cooling and ventilation system was drastically improved because the astronauts would be doing a great amount of physical activity exploring the moon therefore producing more body heat and perspiration. The astronaut would first dawn the liquid cooling garment, which was long underwear with poly-vinyl tubing sewn in it. This water was cooled in the PLSS and returned to the tubes to cool the astronaut. The ventilation garment was the inner most layer of the pressure garment. This ventilation garment used nylon fabric ducts to circulate the air inside the suit in order to remove carbon dioxide as well as perspiration. This system is very close to the current system in its design because they both use the PLSS to provide cool water and ventilation and their actual construction is very similar. These same Apollo suits were again used in the Apollo-Soyuz missions but relied on an umbilical tether to the spacecraft for air and water. The case was the same for the Skylab missions as well. ILC Dover manufactured and designed both of the suits. ILC Dover manufactures LCVG's for the current space shuttle suit.
ssoar.org...
So I'm still wanting to know how Armstrong, et al, were able to stay on the moon so long and do so much -- while wearing coolpacks/airtanks that were not hooked up to anything. I think I got you this time. You aren't going to be able to come up with an explanation for this. This is not an anomaly. This is just plain an impossibility.
[edit on 20-10-2005 by resistance]
The current Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an improved version of the originaldeveloped in 1975 by Hamilton Sundstrand and ILC Dover. The two major subsystems ofthe EMU are the Portable Life Support Subsystem (PLSS) and the Space Suit Assembly(SSA).
Originally posted by resistance
Agent Smith -- Those links you posted were just a goldmine of information. Thank you so much.
I learned that the spacesuits that are worn on spacewalks from the shuttle or the space station are TWICE AS HEAVY as those supposedly worn on the moon. I also learned these spacesuits designed only for short excursions into space, while being twice as heavy, are also tethered to the mother ship to provide cooling water and oxygen.
So my question again is, how were the astroNOTs able to bounce around on the moon for 12 or 14 hours wearing those hokey coolpacks as their only supply of food, water, oxygen, and cooling?
My friend who has a doctorate in physics agrees with me on this. I will have more information to post on this when I hear more from him. I'm not sticking my neck out on things to do with physics. It's not my strong point. I know when I need help, and I don't like to be wrong. (and I was wrong about the moon temp)
Originally posted by resistance
Agent Smith -- Those links you posted were just a goldmine of information. Thank you so much.
I learned that the spacesuits that are worn on spacewalks from the shuttle or the space station are TWICE AS HEAVY as those supposedly worn on the moon. I also learned these spacesuits designed only for short excursions into space, while being twice as heavy, are also tethered to the mother ship to provide cooling water and oxygen.
So my question again is, how were the astroNOTs able to bounce around on the moon for 12 or 14 hours wearing those hokey coolpacks as their only supply of food, water, oxygen, and cooling?
The Apollo 17 second EVA was the longest Apollo lunar EVA, at 7 hours and 37 minutes, and contained the longest traverse of any mission at 19.5 km.
www.spacecraftfilms.com...
The Apollo suit weighed 22 kg and its PLSS Portable Life Support System, 26 kg.
www.astronautix.com...
The Shuttle EMU suit weighed 50 kg and its PLSS Portable Life Support System, 15 kg. It provided life support for up to nine hours.
www.astronautix.com...
Primary Life-Support Subsystem (PLSS)
The PLSS is the backpack worn by the astronaut. It contains the oxygen tanks (1.2 lb / 0.54 kg at 518 atm tank pressure), carbon dioxide scrubbers/filters, cooling water (10 lb / 4.6 kg total), radio, electrical power, ventilating fans and warning systems. Oxygen flows into the suit behind the astronauts's head and out of the suit at the feet and elbows. Once inside the PLSS, the air flow enters a charcoal cartridge, to remove odors, and then the carbon dioxide scrubber cartridge. The gas flow then goes through a fan, and then to a sublimator that removes water vapor and returns it to the cooling-water supply. The temperature of the air flow is maintained at 55 F (12.8 C). The astronaut can adjust the temperature, pressure and air flow through controls on the DCM. The PLSS provides up to seven hours of oxygen supply and carbon dioxide removal.
science.howstuffworks.com...
For Apollo 17, each PLSS could hold enough oxygen (1.8 pounds), feedwater water (12 pounds), and battery power (25 amp hours) to see an astronaut through seven to eight hours of Extravehicular Activity (EVA).
www.hq.nasa.gov...
As experience and confidence grew after the first few missions, it became apparent that longer duration EVAs could be accommodated. EVAs for Apollo 11 through 14 were limited to 4 hours. To support the more ambitious exploration plans for Apollo 15 through 17, the PLSS operational lifetime was doubled to 8 hours. The changes made to the PLSS were:
Oxygen capacity: Pressure in the primary oxygen bottles was increased to 1430 PSIA from 1020 PSIA
Feedwater for cooling: Increased to 11.5 pounds (about 5.2 liters) from 8.5 pounds (about 3.9 liters)
Battery: Capacity increased to 390 watt-hours from 279 watt-hours
Lithium hydroxide: canister increased to hold 3.12 pounds of LiOH, up from 3.0 pounds.
The capacity of the OPS was not changed, and remained at about 30 minutes of oxygen for breathing and cooling. When combined with the Buddy Secondary Life Support System, which used the functional PLSS for cooling, the OPS could supply oxygen for 75 to 90 minutes.
Originally posted by resistance
Here's the link to NASA's version of the most historic event in the history of mankind -- the first landing of men on the moon. Does this strike you as the way such an event would be reported if this had actually happened? Just read it (it takes about one minute to read, which should tell you something right there).
spaceflight.nasa.gov...
Originally posted by AgentSmith
Re -- spaceflight.nasa.gov...
Sorry but your arguments are starting to get really lame..
Anyway, you've got to remember that a lot of schools use the main NASA site and a lot of the information in the main sections is geared towards kids and people who want the basic details and so is just the basic information.
As I already pointed out in my post above NASA has a HUGE amount of information - including all photos (including bad ones), transcripts, mission details, the complete and detailed day by day journal, videos, audio files, etc here (and that's for ALL the Apollo missions):
Originally posted by resistance
Agent -- NASA has had 35 years to put together a "description" of the most amazing, heroic event mankind has ever accomplished in its history. Yet the impression you get from the description in the link above is that nobody cares, there's nothing to tell, and they assigned the task of writing something up to the closest one sitting next to the typewriter. This may seem fine to you, but to me not.
It doesn't make sense, just like it doesn't make sense that we never went back, that the astroNOTs never speak about their heroic adventures on the moon. This is not something to keep quiet about. This is something to be crowed about.
And the moon landings would have been repeated again, I'm certain, after 35 years, if we'd ever gone there in the first place.
I'm suspicious also as I said about their equipment to survive on the moon in the harsh conditions there. I'm suspicious of so many pictures taken and the amount of time it takes to do that.
I'm suspicious of the moon films themselves because they don't hit me as real, and footage put in the Moon Movie of the astroNOTs standing up where it looked like it was wires pulling them up by their belt, stuff like that. I'm suspicious to see the astroNOTs at their first and only press conference squirming and stammering and just acting like they had just hid the body in their back yard. The blue sky through the window when they're supposed to be in deep space. There's just too, too many things that are wrong here.
Add these all up, and that's why I call them astroNOTs.
And I know we're on the verge of the NWO, and I know NASA is a big part of it. The NWO is based on lies and greed, two things I see written all over NASA's face. They are involved with the alien stuff, the mind control stuff, all that really bad Illuminati stuff. They are making a movie with Disney, $150 million movie to promote the idea that Mars is inhabited. I think this time that rather than stage a fake manned voyage to the moon or to Mars or whatever, they will just stage a fake "invasion" of aliens, probably so-called Martians. But they won't be true aliens but human/demon hybrids. Go ahead and laugh. Have you ever read any of the stuff the whistleblowers have said, like William Cooper? Have you read Cutting Edge or looked at these sites?
Now, over a generation after it was initially discovered … and then repeatedly, deliberately denied … a 120 million-dollar feature film from Touchstone Pictures (Disney Corporation) – titled "Mission to Mars: Let There Be Life" – will finally confront (and with NASA’s backing, no less!) the overwhelming controversies of "the Face" …
www.enterprisemission.com...
Mission to Mars (2000)
Tagline: Let There Be Life. (more)
Plot Outline: When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
Originally posted by Halfofone
"a good(ish) film by the way"
no... no it wasn't, Worst... Movie... Ever!
I still want my 8 bucks back.
back on topic.
Smith, many astronauts were high level masons, so there is a reason to discuss this along with the landings and there accomplishments. however I don't think that that means that they were faked, in fact I think it is more possible.
"America's Astronauts" Masonic First Day Covers