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Originally posted by TheB1ueSoldier
And besides, the moon landings weren't faked. I repeat, NOT FAKED.
Originally posted by TheB1ueSoldier
And besides, the moon landings weren't faked. I repeat, NOT FAKED.
There are six landing sites scattered across the Moon. They always face Earth, always in plain view. Surely the Hubble Space Telescope could photograph the rovers and other things astronauts left behind. Right?
Wrong. Not even Hubble can do it. The Moon is 384,400 km away. At that distance, the smallest things Hubble can distinguish are about 60 meters wide. The biggest piece of left-behind Apollo equipment is only 9 meters across and thus smaller than a single pixel in a Hubble image.
Originally posted by Neon Haze
Issues need resolving such as the radiation belt between here and the moon that would have damaged the astronauts not to mention the massive electro static charges that are created on the moons surface.
1. The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation from the Van Allen radiation belt and galactic ambient radiation (see Radiation poisoning). Some hoax theorists have suggested that Starfish Prime (high altitude nuclear testing in 1962) was a failed attempt to disrupt the Van Allen belts.
* The Moon is ten times higher than the Van Allen radiation belts. The spacecraft moved through the belts in just 30 minutes, and the astronauts were protected from the ionizing radiation by the metal hulls of the spacecraft. In addition, the orbital transfer trajectory from the Earth to the Moon through the belts was selected to minimize radiation exposure. Even Dr. James Van Allen, the discoverer of the Van Allen radiation belts, rebutted the claims that radiation levels were too dangerous for the Apollo missions. Dosimeters carried by the crews showed they received about the same cumulative dosage as a chest X-ray or about 1 milligray.[45] Plait cited an average dose of less than 1 rem, which is equivalent to the ambient radiation received by living at sea level for three years.(Plait 2002:160-62)
* The radiation is actually evidence that the astronauts went to the Moon. Thirty-three of the thirty-six Apollo astronauts involved in the nine Apollo missions to leave Earth orbit have early stage cataracts that have been shown to be caused by radiation exposure to cosmic rays during their trip.
Originally posted by Postal76
Neon Haze -- the moon landings were most certainly not faked. I don't want to spend a lot of time trying to convince you, but these are the main pieces of evidence:
- photographic/video/physical evidence
- amateurs listened in on the radio transmissions in 1969
- Apollo 11's laser reflector plate experiment can still be used today by
astronomers around the world
And what scientifically sound evidence is there to the contrary? Uhh...that would be none. Even Van Allen himself dismissed the notion that Van Allen radiation would prevent astronauts from traveling to the moon.
And above all, remember the motto of this site: "Deny Ignorance."
[edit on 31-1-2007 by Postal76]
Originally posted by merka
As I have understood it, not even the most powerfull telescope on earth is able to see the moon in high enough resolution.
It need to be orbiter photos. Can you build a satellite?
[edit on 31-1-2007 by merka]
Originally posted by knows_but_doesnt
Originally posted by Postal76
Neon Haze -- the moon landings were most certainly not faked. I don't want to spend a lot of time trying to convince you, but these are the main pieces of evidence:
- photographic/video/physical evidence
- amateurs listened in on the radio transmissions in 1969
- Apollo 11's laser reflector plate experiment can still be used today by
astronomers around the world
And what scientifically sound evidence is there to the contrary? Uhh...that would be none. Even Van Allen himself dismissed the notion that Van Allen radiation would prevent astronauts from traveling to the moon.
And above all, remember the motto of this site: "Deny Ignorance."
[edit on 31-1-2007 by Postal76]
Maybe we did, maybe we didn't, but one thing that has actually been proven fact, is that numerous pictures and videos of the landings are clear fakes. To assume that a lunar lander module would leave ZERO crater or blast evidence is absurd. Also the video of the module taking off from the moon, with ZERO rocket thrusters, is laughable. I write it off as if you're spending billions of dollars, you better have pictures, and they did what was necessary to please the public, as well as corporations involved in the Apollo missions.