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Originally posted by backinblack
So if I had of chosen a 120kg weight instead of a baseball in my original question then I would have been correct..
Actually the weight pretty much doesn't matter, as long as the orientation stays the same, time is the biggest factor.
Gravity provides a constant acceleration of all objects, so the heavier the object the more force you feel, and the more energy you have to put in for the same speed. They counterbalance each other in terms of forces.
On the other hand, gravity does not scale in time, a 1 second throw will experience only 1 second's worth of gravity force, wheras a 5 second throw of the same weight will put in 1/5th of the energy per second of the 1 second throw, but also have 5x the energy wasted in opposing gravity.
I look forward to you accusing nataylor of being unable to do basic maths too
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by FoosM
So the Astronauts where there.
Who says that it wasn't handed over by one of them?
But here is the crux of the problem.
These astronauts should have been able to look at the "rock" and say, thats not one of ours.
And all this still doesn't explain how a moon rock was given to the State Dept. and then to land in the hands of Mr. Middendorf. These rocks were supposed to be UBER valuable and locked away for research. Small samples given out as presents to various countries under controlled conditions.
The Netherlands and the US are best friends.
This is ATS, I think you all know how fast media can spin "bad news" into "hey no problem here" news.
*yawn* We've circled back to this again. Rather than quote one of my own replies, here's one from jra:
I really wish people would look deeper into this, but HB's just jump on it without giving it much of a thought and think they have evidence of a hoax.
The petrified wood was NOT given to the Dutch Prime Minister by the Apollo 11 Astronauts or even by NASA themselves.
Firstly, It was a private gift from a US Ambassador to the former Dutch Prime Minister. I'd like to stress the former part. Willem Drees was no longer PM in 1969 when he was given this petrified wood.
Secondly, US ambassador gave the petrified rock to the former PM in 1969. NASA didn't give out the gift rocks to other Countries until after Apollo 17 in 1972.
Thirdly, the petrified wood was 98grams. The largest Apollo samples given to other Countries were 1.1grams and encased in clear plastic.
So looking at these facts, it's clear that there was no attempt by anyone to purposely pass this off as a Moon rock. To me it seems it was the museum that acquired some of Drees possessions that misidentified the rock and didn't bother to check to see if it really was a Moon rock or not.
That was back on page 211.
More recently, of course, we've had this, courtesy of facefirst:
That was on page 383.
edit on 6-4-2011 by DJW001 because: Edit to correct formatting.
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Jarrah White actually asked Buzz about the Netherlands anomoly.
Originally posted by FoosM
This is exactly what I mean, just suggesting a hint of a conspiracy will bring out the attack dogs.
Amazing. Its clear they have something to hide.
This is why I am impressed by JW's video series.
He comes up with information that I never expected.
And he keeps poking holes into NASA's story.
Originally posted by jra
The only 'attack dogs' I see in that video is the Australian newspaper that wrote a very inaccurate article. But what do they have to do with supposed "cover up"?
Originally posted by backinblack
Actually it is YOU that's arguing with natayor's math..
He made it clear weight/mass does matter to vertical acceleration in lesser gravity...
I look forward to your reply..
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by FoosM
(Side tangential note....anyone with some time under their belts at UTube may know of a similar precedent....a [now] former, and VERY prolific nonsense peddler there, "VenomFangX" [IIRC] who was adamantly posting "proofs" against evolution. Long story short.....his tactics, against those who also posted rebuttals to his videos, were very, very similar to the pattern of JW. "VenomFangX" is no longer.......).
edit on 8 April 2011 by weedwhacker because: of my Tiger Blood[color=gold]®
Originally posted by FoosM
Originally posted by jra
The only 'attack dogs' I see in that video is the Australian newspaper that wrote a very inaccurate article. But what do they have to do with supposed "cover up"?
Who do you think I was talking about?
Somebody had to decide that that particular question, which was reasonable, necessitated an attack piece in the paper!
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Originally posted by FoosM
Originally posted by jra
The only 'attack dogs' I see in that video is the Australian newspaper that wrote a very inaccurate article. But what do they have to do with supposed "cover up"?
Who do you think I was talking about?
Somebody had to decide that that particular question, which was reasonable, necessitated an attack piece in the paper!
Jarrah's questions might have sounded "too dangerous" for Buzz's CIA handler. Hence the immediate need for a newspaper HIT PIECE on Jarrah White.
Can I get some facts or debate with that rant?
THE astronaut Buzz Aldrin has stepped onto the moon and moonwalked on Dancing With The Stars. But it was his minders who made one giant leap- to stop an interloper - at his Sydney media conference yesterday. All had been going well at the Sofitel Wentworth before his appearance as guest of honour at the Australian Geographic Society Awards tonight until a bloke down the front in a fedora asked a question.
It was the space conspiracy theorist Jarrah White, who quizzed Aldrin on whether he knowingly gave a piece of petrified wood - which until last year was thought to be moon rock - to the former Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees shortly after the Apollo 11 voyage in 1969. ''Petrified wood? Well, that doesn't sound like it came from the moon,'' Aldrin responded, before suggesting the sample was switched sometime after 1969. ''What happens to that display once it is presented to somebody isn't the responsibility of the United States, and it certainly isn't the responsibility of the crew that gave it to them.'' That's that then.
Or, it was for the rest of the conference. All further questions - on the greatest feats of the 20th century, on his heroes - were gently put to Aldrin by people associated with the society. ''You accepted my planned question very well,'' Aldrin joked in response to one.
But the octogenarian, who later dismissed White to Diary as an attention seeker, has proved adept at handling his kind before - punching the amateur space hoax filmmaker Bart Sibrel in the face for ambushing him and calling him ''a coward, and a liar, and a thief'' in 2002. And while on the topic of space hoaxes, Aldrin had some revelations about Michael Jackson's famous dance move. ''That's not the way you're going to walk around the moon - backwards,'' he said.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by backinblack
Odd thing to say.....the FACTS are in the post.
Can I get some facts or debate with that rant?
Is that post to much reminiscent of some OTHER ATS member's style, sometimes? Why single that one out, based solely (I presume) on who posted it....and IGNORE the many, many, many, many, many similar such styles of posts, by "He-Who-Shall_Not-Be-Named"??
I am sensing a bias........
....oh, and did I mention....the FACTS are in the post (yes, admittedly, I allowed "YouTube" to present them for me....I mean, why write it out, when it is there to HEAR?).
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Anatomy of a CIA HIT PIECE.
Originally posted by dereks
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Anatomy of a CIA HIT PIECE.
Except there was zero CIA involvement, just JW, a raving loon who has no understanding of physics or how things actually work.