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originally posted by: onebigmonkey
Apollo was tested and tested and tested in both unmanned and manned forms. Landing on the moon was tested with unmanned probes many times before Apollo got there. Separating and re-uniting LM stages was done in Earth and lunar orbit. Launching things and getting them to meet up in orbit is, at its most basic level, not difficult - it's just a matter of timing.
originally posted by: onebigmonkey
Apollo was not a giant leap, that's just a cute soundbite from Armstrong. Apollo was a logical progression along a series of carefully planned out steps that tried and tested every procedure they could, starting with just getting something into orbit. Yes they landed on the moon without first landing people on the moon, sorry if that offends you but someone has to be the first, someone at some point has to take a risk to do something for the first time just like anything else.
originally posted by: onebigmonkey
Your post also demonstrates that you have no idea how science works, or scientists, or that advances in technology can bring different results. They did find water in Apollo samples, but they did not make the mistake of claiming it was lunar water without being absolutely certain. Advances in technology allowed samples and data to be re-evaluated. That's how science works. As an aside, NASA was finding evidence from its probes of widespread water in 2009, but water in Apollo samples was detected in 2008.
originally posted by: choos
and they CHOSE to delay it due to budget constraints.. orion will have its first test flight later this year..
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: choos
and they CHOSE to delay it due to budget constraints.. orion will have its first test flight later this year..
I suppose they CHOSE to waste all the money and get nowhere in the process, and they CHOSE to get more money and waste all that, as well, and still get nowhere in the process.
They just CHOOSE to waste all the money which they said would get humans to the moon. They could have used all that money to get humans 'back' to the moon, no problem there. They just CHOSE not to do it. Pissing away all the money just seemed like a much more enjoyable thing to do at the time!
I get it now!!
originally posted by: turbonium1
The LM had no test landings on the lunar surface, nor any tests done of the separation and liftoff of the ascent stage from the lunar surface. I guess they just 'knew' that it was all good to go, so why bother, right?
It offends me that people are sucked in by the Apollo fantasy still. I'd love it if it were really true, but I stick with reality. I don't prefer it, but I can't bury my head in the sand. The awful truth is that it was a hoax.
I'm sorry if that offends you, but it's the reality.
They said they found water in Apollo samples after they found water all over the lunar surface. You can say they were not "absolutely certain" before that, if you like. The fact remains that they never said they found water in Apollo samples until after they found water all over the moon. Now they are finding water is in many other Apollo samples. I guess they didn't want to say it until they were "absolutely certain", too!!
originally posted by: choos
likewise..
shows us the data that you have that has given you so much confidence that the VAB are deadly even if you pass through the outer edges at high speed.
p.s. dangerous does not mean deadly.. it does not mean impossible to pass.. incase you forgot the first time you brought all this up..
originally posted by: choos
orion is having its first experimental flight later this year.. i thought you said it went no where?
originally posted by: turbonium1
I didn't claim the VAB are deadly, first of all. I don't know if they are, so I don't claim it. And I don't know why you keep believing that is my claim. Do you understand that it is not my claim, once and for all?
I know that the VAB were not understood during the Apollo era. I know NASA lied by saying they DID understand the VAB at the time.
Why anyone would believe NASA isn't lying about landing men on the moon, after we now have undeniable PROOF that they lied about knowing the VAB at the time, simply boggles the mind.
I want to see the VA probe data from your side first, as I asked for it before you did, likewise.
originally posted by: choos
originally posted by: turbonium1
The LM had no test landings on the lunar surface, nor any tests done of the separation and liftoff of the ascent stage from the lunar surface. I guess they just 'knew' that it was all good to go, so why bother, right?
calculated risks, they were prepared if the LM engine didnt work or something occured during lift-off.. these MEN are prepared for this..
originally posted by: turbonium1
I want to see the VA probe data from your side first, as I asked for it before you did, likewise.
originally posted by: choos
they knew where there were pockets.. they knew where the VAB was strongest and weakest.. they knew the VAB were like a DONUT around our planet.. and not compelely exncompassing our planet..
they had a good understanding of it..
if you knew a wall was on fire in front of you and you had to pass by it somehow, i guess you would sit there and give up and not even think about walking around it..
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: choos
originally posted by: turbonium1
The LM had no test landings on the lunar surface, nor any tests done of the separation and liftoff of the ascent stage from the lunar surface. I guess they just 'knew' that it was all good to go, so why bother, right?
calculated risks, they were prepared if the LM engine didnt work or something occured during lift-off.. these MEN are prepared for this..
"calculated risks"?
It was a "calculated risk" when they decided to OUTRIGHT LIE to the world about 'understanding' the VA Belts, wouldn't you say?
You don't care that they lied to the world, I assume? That the lie was done in the name of propping up the Apollo fairy tale, is also okay with you, then?
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: choos
they knew where there were pockets.. they knew where the VAB was strongest and weakest.. they knew the VAB were like a DONUT around our planet.. and not compelely exncompassing our planet..
they had a good understanding of it..
if you knew a wall was on fire in front of you and you had to pass by it somehow, i guess you would sit there and give up and not even think about walking around it..
What are you talking about.."they had a good understanding of it.."??
They have clearly told us WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE BELTS AT THE TIME OF APOLLO!!
They have clearly told us that that we used to believe about the VAB was COMPLETELY WRONG.
You must be delusional, or in a state of denial, because you have no idea what they are saying .
Sorry, but I can't help you with that. Good luck.
originally posted by: onebigmonkey
originally posted by: turbonium1
I want to see the VA probe data from your side first, as I asked for it before you did, likewise.
www.braeunig.us...
www.hq.nasa.gov...
www.spacemedicineassociation.org...
books.google.co.uk... FoS62nq-7F_fc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1ZumU9D8J6LV0QXkpIGoDQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Soviet%20research%20into%20Van%20Allen%20belts&f=false
www.foia.cia.gov...
www.clavius.org...
originally posted by: choos
state of denial??? says the guy who doesnt even know if the VAB belt is deadly or not.. but knows for absolute certainty they cant pass it..
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: choos
state of denial??? says the guy who doesnt even know if the VAB belt is deadly or not.. but knows for absolute certainty they cant pass it..
Still going with a claim you made up for me?
As I said, good luck, I can't help you on that.
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: choos
they knew where there were pockets.. they knew where the VAB was strongest and weakest.. they knew the VAB were like a DONUT around our planet.. and not compelely exncompassing our planet..
they had a good understanding of it..
if you knew a wall was on fire in front of you and you had to pass by it somehow, i guess you would sit there and give up and not even think about walking around it..
What are you talking about.."they had a good understanding of it.."??
They have clearly told us WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE BELTS AT THE TIME OF APOLLO!!
They have clearly told us that that we used to believe about the VAB was COMPLETELY WRONG.
originally posted by: Rob48
How much did Christopher Columbus, or even the Vikings, understand about the currents, geography and weather of the Atlantic? You don't have to have a perfect understanding of something to travel through it. That's kind of what exploration is...