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Originally posted by horseplay
the moon hoax is what brought me to ats to begin with.
IF we had the technology back then to go to the moon we certainly had the technology to fake it.
IF the usa went there, why stop? what happened to all the moon base ideas? did aliens run us off?
why is there no 'google moon' so we can see the flags, debris, footprints, etc?
Why is it that we can put robots on mars but can't film what is currently on our moon? And if I've been missing something all these years, please enlighten me. I'd love to see something like 'google moon'.
I believed it all as a child, sitting in class, watching, enthralled, on the black and white tv.....
If he wants to be credible he should address questions raised by Jarrah White or in the video The Dark Side of the Moon.
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
The fact people think it's fake, is humbling to the scientists whom did go..
Because in their world, the Moon conspirist cannot fathom the capability in the 60's to do this.
even people who say we couldnt even go today.
Originally posted by 1nquisitive
But, to be frank why did Obama then cancel the latest constellation program (manned lunar) under his assertion that it would (paraphrased) "take decades", it is implied that we don't have the current capability, no?
"Mankind cannot venture beyond Earth orbit, 250 miles into space, until they can find a way to overcome the dangers of cosmic radiation." NASA Chief Dan Goldin circa 1994.
Originally posted by Arken
reply to post by ckno1
the technology to fake it didn't exist
This is totally false.
With the Optical Fibers you can do it.
But I belive that we were going to the Moon with Apollo missions.
But many of Video/footage/images are clearly faked.
NASA Astronauts actually did land on the Moon, but they fear of what they could find at their arrival.
Then the BIG question is "Why": why they faked images of a real event?
edit on 19-1-2013 by Arken because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jra
Originally posted by 1nquisitive
But, to be frank why did Obama then cancel the latest constellation program (manned lunar) under his assertion that it would (paraphrased) "take decades", it is implied that we don't have the current capability, no?
It was mostly for political reasons. The Constellation program was something started by Bush's Gov't and it hadn't progressed very far. Obama likely didn't want to fund a program that he had no part in to begin with. This is the unfortunate side of Gov't funded space programs. Lots of pork barrel politics.
We don't have a vehicle that's currently operating that can get us to the Moon, but we have the technology and the know how. It's just a matter of getting the funding to go ahead and do it.
"Mankind cannot venture beyond Earth orbit, 250 miles into space, until they can find a way to overcome the dangers of cosmic radiation." NASA Chief Dan Goldin circa 1994.
This would likely be a reference to long term space flight. As in, a trip to Mars or a Lunar base where one would stay for many months at a time. The Apollo missions were short term missions, thus cosmic radiation was not a concern.
Originally posted by Panic2k11
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
Well if you read my post again you will look that I was specifically referring to military personal not civilians, civilians have been in Europe at the bottom of the any considerations, forever that is even why the US as a project was in part an answer to the aspirations of the masses of Europe. If you think that the Africans had a bad time with slavery to the Americas you fail to understand that it first happened in Europe and (even in Africa among different tribes or villages). I was talking about the logic of power and responsibility by nationally bound ruling classes that what makes a nation historically great or respectable is not military power, its behavior the choices it makes, those are the defining features of what is national identity.
Originally posted by Panic2k11
I'm not comprehending if you are specific referring to the Soviets in regards to the treatment but you have to take in consideration what the Soviets endured at the hands of the Germans and Stalin and that they were generally speaking and in large majority in a completely different educational and social level that the American, UK or French forces in Germany. I also did not put Russia in the same boat as the rest of Europe.
Originally posted by Panic2k11
For the moon landing issue I believe that it is even harder for anyone that lived the experience and the, well, propaganda, to think anything beyond the official story. In large part the program was about propaganda. But I fail to see the motivation for stopping the space exploration, the goals then are the same goals as today, I do hope that China gets its lunar base by ~2020.
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Originally posted by 1nquisitive
B.space is largely non partisan, can you cite another example of a president cancelling space programs initiated by their predecessor?
2. Cosmic/solar radiation is a MASSIVE cause for concern, especially if you lift your face visors up like some astronauts continually did!
Originally posted by lestweforget
reply to post by ckno1
You say the tech didnt exist to fake the moon landings, i say the tech doesnt exist to land on the moon full stop!