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Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by Lillydale
You have totally missed the point of my post.
Russia returned soil samples.
These soil samples were almost identical to the samples returned by Apollo 12.
So if the moon landings were faked and NASA faked the composite of their soil samples, how on earth did Russia collect almost identical samples themselves?
Did they fake them too? If so, they must have been in on it with USA right?
Let me remind you that the 70's was the time of a very serious space race and smack bang in the middle of the cold war, you know the one where USA and Russia nearly destroyed each other and the world with nukes?
Was all that a ruse to help cover up their intricate cover up of the moon landings along with the USA?
To summarize, the methods of collection isn't the issue here. It is the fact that two opposing nations returned almost identical soil samples from the moon.
There is no way that USA AND Russia could have faked their samples.
Deal with it.
Originally posted by Lillydale
I was merely pointing out that having something from somewhere, does not mean we have been there.
The post said we must have gone to the moon, cuz they had rocks. When did they Russians hang out on the moon, cuz they got some rocks too!
Got my drift yet?
Originally posted by JPhish
Lillydale is correct that the rocks prove absolutely nothing.
The pictures and videos recorded are not congruent with the equipment that was allegedly used nor are they in line with the conditions we have been told exist on the moon.
Originally posted by Lillydale
Actually, I think you missed the point of your post. If the Russians can get their hands on it without going there, then what does having it prove for America other than we could do what the Russians could do?
This is a history thread now?
Exactly, DEAL WITH IT. I get that you think you have some nut here you can argue about how we went to the moon with. Sorry, wrong person. I am pointing out that having them does not mean we went there. You just reinforced that by reminding us, again, the these samples were pretty obtainable without sending a man to the moon. You tell me, if having those samples is proof, then how did the Russians turn up the exact same thing without landing there?
See my point? Having rocks does not prove anything. That is it. You all seem to be waiting, salivating for some argument as to the validity of the moon landings. Wait a little longer. The only argument I have here is that having the rocks means JACK$%*# and you just pointed that out in your own post, again. Now please take all your other moon arguments to someone attempting to engage in such.
Originally posted by Chadwickus
Your argument falls short because there is no evidence of NASA sending an unmanned probe to the moon, landing it, taking samples and returning it to earth. Russia had many setbacks in the race to the moon, unreliable rockets, death of key scientists, mis-spending of funds and the list goes on.
Originally posted by cushycrux
I thought it's all fake until this came:
www.universetoday.com...
Now, it's clear, Apollo 15 was on the moon
on the left: selene simulation of Hight Data - right: nasa photo
WTH? This is a 100% proof, sorry.
OK Again. The left picture is made with hight data of selene. the right picture is a photo from Nasa. The left is from japan - the right is from usa. now where this exactly illogic?
And for you one more from appollo 17:
And at least real photos of the landers:
Please try to stay open brained - they was there.
[edit on 4-1-2010 by cushycrux]
Originally posted by SuperSlovak
You forgot to add how they came back with moon rocks...
The rocks collected from the Moon are measured by radiometric dating techniques. They range in age from about 3.16 billion years old for the basaltic samples derived from the lunar maria, up to about 4.5 billion years old for rocks derived from the highlands.
Curators at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, where the rock has attracted tens of thousands of visitors each year, discovered that the "lunar rock", valued at £308,000, was in fact petrified wood.
Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation, said the museum would continue to keep the stone as a curiosity. "It's a good story, with some questions that are still unanswered," she said. "We can laugh about it."
The rock was given to Willem Drees, a former Dutch leader, during a global tour by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin following their moon mission 50 years ago.
J. William Middendorf, the former American ambassador to the Netherlands, made the presentation to Mr Drees and the rock was then donated to the Rijksmuseum after his death in 1988.
"I do remember that Drees was very interested in the little piece of stone. But that it's not real, I don't know anything about that," Mr Middendorf said.
Nasa gave moon rocks to more than 100 countries following lunar missions in 1969 and the 1970s.
The United States Embassy in The Hague is carrying out an investigation into the affair.
Researchers Amsterdam's Free University were able to tell at a glance that the rock was unlikely to be from the moon, a conclusion that was borne out by tests.
"It's a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone," said Frank Beunk, a geologist involved in the investigation.
Researchers Amsterdam's Free University were able to tell at a glance that the rock was unlikely to be from the moon, a conclusion that was borne out by tests. "It's a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone," said Frank Beunk, a geologist involved in the investigation.
Originally posted by krystalice
I am more inclined to have my money's worth on an geologist expert; and a statement like this pretty much sums it up. Thank you for that article.
Researchers Amsterdam's Free University were able to tell at a glance that the rock was unlikely to be from the moon, a conclusion that was borne out by tests. "It's a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone," said Frank Beunk, a geologist involved in the investigation.
BTW, I don't mean rub salt into eyes, but wasn't water ridiculed for years and years, until our Indian research water discovery.
Originally posted by pepsi78
Apollo moon missions were faked so USA could get an uper hand in the cold war. Nasa still does not know how to go back to the moon to this day, I wonder why.
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
The instrument was controlled by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the findings were made by NASA's lead "M3" investigator.
"NASA didn't "discover" water on the Moon with LCROSS but neither did Chandryaan. " he further states "water ice was first reported at the south pole of the Moon back in 1996 from the Clementine bistatic experiment"
"We're unlocking the mysteries of our nearest neighbor and by extension the solar system. It turns out the moon harbors many secrets, and LCROSS has added a new layer to our understanding".