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One student asked how many stars were in space.
"I'll be interested in hearing the answer to this one," Obama said.
"We can see that there are so many stars out there that it's very hard to count them all," Fincke said. "And we can see that our Earth is a very small planet in such a big universe."
Originally posted by FoosM
Originally posted by Facefirst
I am not going to rely on the verdict of a vindictive child who thinks rubbing a balloon on the side of his head is actually going to accurately simulate static charges in outer space.
The kid has been shown to bully people in forums, misrepresent facts and in one known case, knowingly use a false witness. (That's called lying) He has also been shown by people who are actually trained in space related fields that he knows little to nothing of the very subjects he pontificates about.
Jarrah provides no proof of anything other that his own technically unqualified, speculative opinion.
Sorry, I'm done with Jarrah.
Wow, you give up easy.
Is it because you cant find a good explanation for the moving flag on NASA's side?
Do you give up on NASA too?
*waves hand*
Originally posted by Facefirst
But Jarrah knows better? Where are his qualifications other than having a youtube account and an internet connection? He was asked for his qualifications by Jay Windley (an actual aerospace engineer) more than once and instead of answering, he either changed the subject or insulted Windley....... similar to what I've seen you do here when you are intellectually cornered by a few people here.....
this is getting tedious.
waving right back atcha, good day.
The kids question, and the answer, are clearly not talking about how many stars they literally see. Take a look at the full answer:
Originally posted by FoosM
One student asked how many stars were in space.
"I'll be interested in hearing the answer to this one," Obama said.
"We can see that there are so many stars out there that it's very hard to count them all," Fincke said. "And we can see that our Earth is a very small planet in such a big universe."
www.reuters.com...
That came from astronauts in the ISS which orbit under 500 KM
img.gpsreview.net...
STUDENT: Do you know how many stars there are in space?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Asking how many stars in space. I'll be interested in hearing the answer to this one. (Laughter.)
COMMANDER FINCKE: Well, aboard the International Space Station, we can look down and see our beautiful planet Earth, and we can also look up and see the rest of the cosmos. And we can see that there are so many stars out there that it's very hard to count them all.
And we can see that our Earth is a very small -- very small planet in such a big universe. And it's just really amazing, because it gives us a deep perspective of -- we have to really take good care of our own planet, and that our own planet is just a -- is a small place, and we have the whole rest of the universe to work together in an international sense and go explore this whole universe that's in front of us and all the discoveries that we'll make together.
So maybe we will someday be able to count how many stars that we have, because we're starting to go them, go to the stars as human beings together. And that's what's really exciting about serving aboard the international space station and flying up and down on space shuttles is that we're part of that great adventure.
And we need you kids to study hard, because we can't do it all by ourselves. We really need you guys to work hard and do whatever you're supposed to do and do it well, like Tony said, because there's a whole universe in front of us.
Originally posted by FoosM
Right.
I thought the US & USSR were enemies in a cold war/space race.
I would think the USSR would want to verify US claims.
But thats the crux of the issue. Why wouldnt they?
Why would they simply say, "sure we believe you Americans, you would never trick us.
And you would never build military bases on the moon to become a 'uber' power in the world"
LOL.
But now you want us to believe they were allies/friendlies?
sigh.
There have been dozens of countries who have been involved with sending probes both into deep space and to the moon. NOT ONE scientist from any of those countries has questioned ANY of the numbers produced by Apollo. If the radiation for the VABs were so much higher than NASA has published, the probes from these other countries would have been fried, or if the radiation on the moon is so much higher, they could have lost their probes, yet every country does not remotely question NASA and Apollo.
Are they ALL lying?
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by SayonaraJupiter
What is the difference between this "halo" and a "face on mars"?
The "face on Mars" is a natural feature in a random location. The halo is a notable surface discontinuity in precisely the location where a manned landing is known to have taken place.
Originally posted by Komodo
Soldier ON FoosM~!!!
here's one of my favorites as I watch the documentary last week called .. "the wounder of it all" .. title deemed appropriate in my book..
one of the many questions came to mind was .. hmmm.. who is the 3rd person taking the video...??
they just 'landed' on the moon, jumped on of LM and were sticking the flag in the ground.. so the rover wasn't out yet.. yea..
the rover wasn't out yet. so ..... who's the 3rd person ...??
so... is there a camera there taking the shot .. if so .. where's the power cable .. ??
FoosM.. you got a full length original clip for this ? without the cutting away to NASA..
Originally posted by Komodo
reply to post by backinblack
sorry .. i didn't see any space in the cameras for btry's .. nor solar power... that i remember..
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Originally posted by backinblack
Originally posted by Komodo
reply to post by backinblack
sorry .. i didn't see any space in the cameras for btry's .. nor solar power... that i remember..
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I'm sure someone will be along to tell you soon..
I do know there was no Rover on the first landing though...
Originally posted by Komodo
one of the many questions came to mind was .. hmmm.. who is the 3rd person taking the video...??
the rover wasn't out yet. so ..... who's the 3rd person ...??
so... is there a camera there taking the shot .. if so .. where's the power cable .. ??
FoosM.. you got a full length original clip for this ? without the cutting away to NASA..
Originally posted by Facefirst
If the Soviets could have outed the Americans having hoaxed the moon landings, they certainly would have done it. They would have loved to have embarrassed the Americans.
Sometimes it was in the Soviet's interest to perpetuate a US lie, even embellish it.
Originally posted by ppk55
Originally posted by Facefirst
If the Soviets could have outed the Americans having hoaxed the moon landings, they certainly would have done it. They would have loved to have embarrassed the Americans.
Sometimes it was in the Soviet's interest to perpetuate a US lie, even embellish it.
In this article from 1964, they knew perfectly well the US had lied about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, yet they went along with it, even adding some extra vessels and having some being sunk.
edit on 12-1-2011 by ppk55 because: added Apollo and Vietnam War
Originally posted by Komodo
reply to post by FoosM
FoosM.. if you haven't already seen the TV documentary .. "The Wounder of it All".. they contradict themselves about the stars....