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turbonium1
I was pointing out to you that the only difference was a 4-year peak, which was only about 2x the average annual budget of today. And the other years were about the same as today - on average.
You cry foul, of course.
Why didn't you mention the average from 2001-09?
No matter - it is about 15867 per year.
Or, almost 2/3 (62.5%) of the average annual budget from 1961-69.
Is there some point you wanted to make here?
How it's all about a lack of money?
Still trying to put words in my mouth, I see.
No, it's just another story you've concocted for me (see above)
I am NOT saying it is "proof" of a fake. You spin it as my claim. Back it up, if you can. Or stop making up crap I didn't say.
I just compared them above. About 1/3 more per year would do the trick, right?
Sure it would. Not.
Why would it take less time?
It is the very first time ever attempted, and takes 7-8 years to accomplish.
It is done again, soon after. A total of nine missions reach the moon, with six landing.
So they knew exactly how to do it, right? Sure..
More than 40 years later, we would still know exactly how to do it.
We would know it better, in fact.
We DO know more about space now.
With advancements in technology, hand-in-hand with a greater knowledge of space (and its environment(s), we only improve on it.
Consider unmanned spacecraft. It is a great example of space exploration. With genuine technology.
It shows how we truly progress. It is not going to the moon, then back into LEO for the next 40 years.
Unmanned vehicles make logical steps. They progress outward, to the planets, and beyond. They land on the moon, and later they land on Mars. They probe hazardous environments to understand them, to make human missions possible. As they are doing now in the VA Belts.
Telescopes are another example of genuine progress in space.
Same goes for manned space exploration. If we have a technology that allowed manned moon landings, we would never have stopped our progress. Not a chance. We would not drop the technology as if it were worthless garbage. We would not go back into LEO for the next 40 years.
This is complete nonsense
The point is that money can excuse anything.
A manned Mars landing is theoretically possible, but tons of money doesn't magically transform it into reality. That's what I mean with Apollo. Money is not the reason we can't go to the moon. We simply don't have the technology required for it - not yet, anyway.
I'm very clear on it.
It shows we have many issues not yet solved.
A proven technology is the foundation. Nothing is more important to manned space exploration than having the fundamental technology to land man on the moon and back to Earth.
If it is used successfully in a manned moon landing program, it is not going to be buried away for eternity because the moon landing program ends. Then they just fly around in LEO for the next 40 years? What a pathetic joke!
Alternative4u
reply to post by seabhac-rua
Most educated people know the moon landing was never done anyway, for a start the computer needed would never have got in side of the rocket or Moon Lander anyway, Radio com's would not have got that far in such a short time span for them to reply within seconds, the delay would ve massive, to understand that you need only listen to a news broadcast from the reporter the other side of earth, they stand there on camera waiting to hear what has been ask of them.
Alternative4u
Most educated people know the moon landing was never done anyway
choos
Alternative4u
Most educated people know the moon landing was never done anyway
thats funny because from my experience, its been the lesser educated people who seem to believe in the manned lunar hoax theory..
i want to ask as a test.. do you believe you can run faster on the moon than you can on earth?
AbleEndangered
reply to post by onebigmonkey
How many People had Lasers in 1969 to find out if there was a reflector there before and after??
and prior to the next mission.
Were the receivers sensitive enough at the time to tell the difference?
another what if:
What if they just found a spot of exposed smooth platinum and deemed that reflector til a mission could be done to get one there.
and then, with the real reflector, they will say they are installing an upgrading detector at a different location.
I didn't put much into the apollo 11 hoax stuff til I learned about the Radiation issue and I noticed on Google Earth a couple years ago. The India Satellite was sharing Hi -Res imagery with Google Earth. Or one of the satellites. I believe it was the India one.
Well, the section of satellite data that should have had the hi-res apollo 11 proof, was replaced with the old , horrible res, originals from back in the day. Other Apollo missions confirmed. But 11 seems shady.
Now, the ultimate conspiracy.
Someone is up there fixing it right now so no one will ever know!!
Revolution9
I'm pretty educated. Have been to university if that counts for anything.
It is not about education. It is about deducing from the state of technology back then not being capable of delivering a human cargo to the Moon and back. They could not do it then and they still can not do it now.
Most educated people know the moon landing was never done anyway
AbleEndangered
reply to post by onebigmonkey
I was unfamiliar with a Russian reflector
The Russians did a Manned Mission to get the Reflector there?
Sorry for not clarifying what satellite Data. Yeah and I meant Google Earth > Moon!
The india satellite confirmed apollo 14 to my best recollection, no satellite confirmed 11 yet!
Chandrayaan-1 or Chandrayaan-2
See for yourself.
Go to Apollo 11 on google Earth > view > Moon
You will see the fakery!!
Im calling Shenanigans!!edit on 22-9-2013 by AbleEndangered because: added: no satellite confirmed 11 yet!
choos
who said its completely untrue??
choos
looks to me that in 60+ years of space exploration that it doesnt occur often
The October 9 event mimicked an observed, but poorly understood event measured in 1997 by another spacecraft. Ever since the 1997 event, scientists have pondered whether the increase in electron energy was the result of forces outside of the belts, a mechanism known as “radial acceleration,” or from forces within the belts, known as “local acceleration.” Data from the Van Allen Probes seems to put this question to rest.
they only noticed it in 1997.. so from the 50's to the 90's all those satellites were more or less unaffected now i wonder why that is??
choos
“In the October 9, 2012, event, all of the acceleration took place in about 12 hours,”
oh i see it only lasts about 12 hours at a time.. i bet you have interpreted that those 12 hours means that the particles are accelerate 24/7 during the apollo era right?
onebigmonkey
Seriously? You think they would move faster on the moon because there's no air? Even if that argument holds water (it doesn't) the astronaut is actually moving around in something that will restrict his movement even more: a pressurised suit.
onebigmonkey
If you watch the videos properly, you see that they do not move in slow motion despite the popular myth - it's an illusion brought about by the fact that they are on the moon under lower gravity. They actually move much more quickly when walking than they do on Earth because each step covers a greater distance. What is slower is the reaction due to gravity - they go back to the ground more slowly, as does everything else.
turbonium1
Again, here's what they said...
“For years we thought the Van Allen belts were pretty well behaved and changed slowly,” said Geoffrey Reeves of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Intelligence and Space Research Division. “With more measurements, however, we realized how quickly and unpredictably the radiation belts change, and now we have real evidence that the changes originate from within the belts themselves.”
Follow along..
"For years, we thought the Van Allen belts were pretty well behaved and changed slowly"
So the above describes what they previously believed about the VA Belts. It is completely untrue
Why? Because they now realize "..how quickly and unpredictably the radiation belts change.."
Get it now?
The vast majority of satellites have never gone into the VA Belts, so your whole argument is flawed to begin with.
You also suggest it is a rare, uncommon phenomenon, but have no valid evidence to support that claim. Your source is simply comparing the Oct. 9, 2012 event to another event measured by another spacecraft back in 1997.
Hmm - one in 2012, and one in 1997 - so it happened two times over a period of 15 years!
Are you serious?
No, you have interpreted it only lasts about 12 hours because they mention one that lasted about 12 hours.
And you have interpreted those two separate events as being the only two times it ever occurred over a 15-year period.
turbonium1
Every movement is much slower. Watch the Apollo 11 footage linked below. Starting at 0:26, the astronaut takes small steps back, all at slow-motion. This is an illusion, alright - created by the special effects department.
turbonium1
My comparison was an astronaut in a pressurized suit on Earth, as well as on the moon. So no excuse here.
Every movement is much slower. Watch the Apollo 11 footage linked below. Starting at 0:26, the astronaut takes small steps back, all at slow-motion. This is an illusion, alright - created by the special effects department.
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turbonium1Every movement is much slower. Watch the Apollo 11 footage linked below. Starting at 0:26, the astronaut takes small steps back, all at slow-motion. This is an illusion, alright - created by the special effects department.