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Originally posted by 1nquisitive
PS. Dan Goldin didn't mention long term - you must take him at his word. "...to venture beyond earth's orbit"
Originally posted by jra
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?
Nixon canceled the remaining Apollo missions. They were supposed to go up to Apollo 20, but they canceled the last 3. At one point he even wanted to cancel Apollo 16 and 17. Apollo was JFK's legacy and not his, even though Nixon was President during the Apollo 11 landing.
2. Cosmic/solar radiation is a MASSIVE cause for concern, especially if you lift your face visors up like some astronauts continually did!
Like I said. Cosmic radiation is a concern for long term missions, not short ones like the Apollo missions. Solar radiation is also a concern, but their are ways to deal with it and minimize it, if a solar flare were to erupt and head in your direction.
Also, the gold visor has nothing to do with radiation protection. It's simply to protect the astronauts eyes from the bright sunlight. Just like when you wear ski goggles in the snow or sunglasses during a bright sunny day.
edit on 20-1-2013 by jra because: typoedit on 20-1-2013 by jra because: add more
Originally posted by dc4lifeskater
not that i believe either way.. but I will say this. You do realize that the military and gov technology is vastly superior to the tech that we have on our daily lives.. People say anywhere from 40-60 years ahead of us in tech that is not available and some may never be available to us.. To say its not possibly because the tech wasn't there is totally the wrong way to go because more then likely it was and that is something you definitely cannot prove one way or another but there is much evidence that in fact gov tech is way ahead of us.
Originally posted by 1nquisitive
1. Bright sunlight IS radiation, and the unpredictability of localised solar flare fluctuations cannot simply be swept under the rug as if it doesn't exist!
2. re: Nixon, perhaps I should clarify - can you cite an example of a president cancelling a predeccesors space program full stop/from-the-off? (this would not include Nixon)
You and your ilk are delusional. The moon trips were real. He'll. we bounce lasers off of a mirror they set up.
Originally posted by golemina
reply to post by Bakatono
You and your ilk are delusional. The moon trips were real. He'll. we bounce lasers off of a mirror they set up.
Yeah... and get a full 2 lumen return!
But apparently it's only available during full moons.
Exactly WHO do you think looks delusional now?
I think you do. You are correct that less light makes it back due to diffusion and such. However. They could bounce a laser any time they want. Full moons are actually the worst time to bounce a laser. But it can be done then as well. So. In closing. They can bounce a laser at any time including full moons.
Hey. I will even provide a link.
Originally posted by 1nquisitive
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
I for one can only speak for myself, and I will admit it isn't conclusive either way.
Perhaps a third way- it is entirely plausible that pre-recordings were taken in the interests of technological secrecy, saving face (should an american astronaut should meet a grissly lunar death in full view of the whole world), and whereby technological limitations (through the telecoms industry it's a widely held criticism that the supposed Houston-lunar communications has a delay of one second, however going off of NASA tech statements the quickest time would be 3 seconds).
There are also, note, gaping holes in the validity of supposed visual footage of the 'Apollo lunar landings'.edit on 20-1-2013 by 1nquisitive because: misspellingsedit on 20-1-2013 by 1nquisitive because: grammar
Originally posted by ckno1
Hope this wasn´t posted before. tried to search but didn´t find it:
This video is so good, so incredibly brilliant, solid and simple, that you will want to paste it all over your Facebooks and Twitters just to piss off all the IMBECILES who still claim that the Moon landings were faked.* The reason is simple: the technology to fake it didn't exist.
Source: Gizmodoedit on 18-1-2013 by ckno1 because: Link
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Originally posted by 1nquisitive
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
I for one can only speak for myself, and I will admit it isn't conclusive either way.
Perhaps a third way- it is entirely plausible that pre-recordings were taken in the interests of technological secrecy, saving face (should an american astronaut should meet a grissly lunar death in full view of the whole world), and whereby technological limitations (through the telecoms industry it's a widely held criticism that the supposed Houston-lunar communications has a delay of one second, however going off of NASA tech statements the quickest time would be 3 seconds).
There are also, note, gaping holes in the validity of supposed visual footage of the 'Apollo lunar landings'.edit on 20-1-2013 by 1nquisitive because: misspellingsedit on 20-1-2013 by 1nquisitive because: grammar
I just don't see that being the case at all. We did see some pretty bad accidents, for one, and I think, had something gone wrong, we would have seen that, too. Plus, I have never seen any evidence that looked legitimate, that would cast any real doubt on the official story. I am not one to trust the government in anything, and I have a pretty good nose for deception, but in this case, I have never had any reason to think anything was faked.
Well perhaps this may come as an inconvenient truth, but THERE ARE gaping holes in the so called footage, if you can be bothered too look through it, that is.
The editing of the Apollo 10 inflight footage is a good place to start.
I just don't see that being the case at all
Originally posted by Bakatono
reply to post by golemina
Ooooo weeee! Wowza. Youzens sure is sma-t. The res' o us sho is mo'stupid than youz.
Btw. The problem with a full moon doesn't have anything to do with visible light. I never said that the laser was using the visible light spectrum. The problem appears to be caused by the sun heating the mirrors which causes their shape to change inhibiting proper reflection which makes getting a significant measurable return difficult.
But hey. Thanks for chiming in to let everyone know what a superior intellect you have. And that you are an extreme Jackass.
Sure is entertaining.