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Originally posted by andy420
Gave you star!
Basically i am trying to get to 20 posts so i can start a thread
I don't have much to say on the subject other then very interesting. I think its one of those things that no matter how much we dig or try we will never know the truth, even if the truth did come out, a lot of people wouldn't believe it.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
reply to post by FoosM
Nice job putting together the video
No small task getting the footage together like you did.
That said is it not possible that the entire weight of the LM was resting on the other 3 legs due to surface irregularities on the moon leaving the one leg basically floating above the lunar surface by an inch or 2?
That would seem the simplest answer to me, but I'm certainly no expert despite watching every lunar landing as a kid and building models of the Apollo rocket and LEM.
Originally posted by andy420
Gave you star!
Basically i am trying to get to 20 posts so i can start a thread
I don't have much to say on the subject other then very interesting. I think its one of those things that no matter how much we dig or try we will never know the truth, even if the truth did come out, a lot of people wouldn't believe it.
Originally posted by FoosM
Assuming the LM was supporting most of its weight on three legs.
The astronaut(s) should not be able to lift the loose leg because it was held in place
by two side struts.
Originally posted by onehuman
Im very surprised you dont have more comments here. I appreciate the fact of all the time you seem to have put into this and you did a great job.
Anyway, thanks for taking the effort to bring this to the table
119:55:45 Scott: Okay, Houston. As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, I sort of realize there's a fundamental truth to our nature. Man must explore. (Pause) And this is exploration at its greatest. (Long Pause as Dave moves away from the TV camera) Well, I see why we're in a tilt. (Pause) We've got...(Laughs) That's very interesting. There's so much hummocky ground around here (that) we're on a slope of probably about 10 degrees. And the left-rear foot pad is probably about 2 feet lower than the right-rear foot pad. And the left-front's a little low too. But the LM looks like it's in good shape. The Rover's in good shape. (Pause)
120:03:04 Irwin: Boy, that front pad is really loose, isn't it?
120:03:09 Scott: Yeah.
[Jones - "I gather that the footpad was able to gimbal a little bit around the leg."]
[Irwin - "They were designed that way (to accommodate the uneven surface). We'd never manipulated them, we'd never fooled with them (in training or at the factory), because we always thought that, when we got to the (lunar) surface, all four would be soundly, firmly on the surface."]
[Jones - "And this one wasn't. It was dangling in the air..."]
[Irwin - "As I remember, it wasn't on the surface. So, when I came down, I hit on the lip of it - the rim of it - and it rotated. I didn't recall that I'd said anything, but maybe I did. 'That footpad is really loose, isn't it?'"]
[Irwin - "I'm surprised Dave didn't say something as I disappeared there, as I went around the ladder. 'Cause you can see it in the film (and TV). "]
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Did you notice how many times the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal adds words into Jim Irwin's mouth here? That's not real journalism. It's historical revisionism.edit on 11/30/2012 by SayonaraJupiter because: tags
Originally posted by FoosM
No challenges to the videos.
Interesting.
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