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Originally posted by golemina
Anything no matter how solid is rejected sometimes with the flimsiest of rationalizations. Then it somehow is magically considered 'debunked' and closed to any real further discussion.
The really sad part is apparently anyone from the pro-NASA camp is allowed to what seems like just tee off and basically address them in a manner that comes off as pure contempt, the really hard part to understand is that some of the folks using this type attacks are moderators!
Originally posted by AgentSmith
Why would they have to be experts on the Van Allen belt? They didn't have the blueprints for all the craft in their heads either...
That's why you work in a team. It was the scientists jobs to assess the problems and overcome them, the astronauts were military personnel trained to fly and operate the craft as well as have the knowledge useful to the mission. Things like performing repairs, navigation, geology, etc. Why would they need to know the ins and outs of the VA belt?
If the scientists responsible for that side of things had been umming and arring then there would be a problem....
There is already an existing thread in which all these points and far, far more have been gone over again and again, I suggest anyone interested reads it and contributes there
Originally posted by Dr Love
You really think that they would send an astronaut up into the VA belt without any kind of forewarning of possible effects on his or her body?
Armstrong, Aldrin, and the rest of them seem to just magically moonwalk right through the belt, probably only having to apply some Hawaiian Tropic SPF 10,000.........yeah right.
But forget about the VA belt, it's not important. Watch the freakin' video!!!!
Originally posted by Census
lets revisit the old classic.
Originally posted by jra
Do you even know what kind of radiation the Van Allen belts consist of? The effects of it are minor. They were only exposed to it for a short time. Not enough for them to get harmed. You can block a Proton (which is what the Belts consist of) with a piece wood. You'd have to sit in the belts for a long long time before it would start to have any serious effect on you.
Originally posted by jra
The video of Buzz punching Bart Sibrel that was being discussed in the other thread? I would have punched Bart too. He's harassed many of the Astronauts. He also went into Mitchell's house uninvited and started calling him a liar and a fraud. To invade some ones home and insult them like that is just wrong and completely unacceptable. Bart Sibrel is a jackass and nothing more.
Originally posted by jra
He clearly knows nothing of what he speaks about.