Moon Landing

[Kopfjäger]

i havne't done any research for this one since i posted, but if i remmber the story i was told correctly, they were rushing to beat the USA and only had 1 shot at it. so it's probably only 2 cosmonauts.

http://www.fas.org/spp/eprint/lindroos_moon1.htm

[somegirl]

I thought the moon was mad of cheese.

I thought the cow jumped over it first.

[elyk]

im watching this on myth busters right now. not sure if its new, buts its new to me.

[x136]

The Earth is flat.

More at 11.

[TiNi]

 

[Ddan]

The Earth is flat.

More at 11.

So the submarines don't sink, they just fall off?

[mitt]

I think the missing tapes are suspect, I think the lack of delay between the ground and craft is suspect (Someone mentioned they edited it out, I had never heard that before). I don't think we had the technology for a manned landing mission at the time. I think the "space race" motive is believable...

The people that designed the radios live in my city of Cedar Rapids - maybe I should look them up and get their experience, but that would probably be forged or fantasy too wouldn't it?

Actually, the local TV station did that for the news yesterday, but they failed to ask them if the years the spent working on the radios was real or not:  http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/51255132.html

Like others have said, there were way too many contributors, from engineers to newsmen to technicians involved to pull off a cover up.

mitt

[Triple J]

There was an interesting show on History Channel (maybe Discovery) last night about the Apollo 11 mission. It detailed all of the things that went wrong, and how close NASA actually was to losing Armstrong and Aldrin. Nixon even had a speech to the nation planned if they would have died.

Nakid's suspicions about technology are somewhat correct, even though the mission succeeded. For instance, the lunar lander on-board computer was overwhelmed by the incoming landing radar data during approach, so they had to shut it off and Armostrong had to land it manually...he went long, and had only 15 seconds of fuel remaining. They also had trouble communicating between Houston and the lunar lander during the descent, causing them to come very close to aborting the landing at one point.

It also detailed what they called radiation "Z Particles" which entered the module constantly during the trip to and from the moon...presumably from the van Allen belts. They caused flashes of light inside the cabin which the astronauts couldn't explain at the time, so they had to ignore it.

Great show! 

[causeofkaos]

flashes of light inside the cabin which the astronauts couldn't explain at the time, so they had to ignore it.

Reason they couldnt explain it, no one would fess up to the LSD flashback. I KEED

[KnightofNi]

http://www.fas.org/spp/eprint/lindroos_moon1.htm

thanks kop!

[hihhs]

I once read that the Apollo Guidance Computer's computational power was only equivalent to a modern kitchen appliance

How'd you like to have your microwave navigating through outer-freaking-space for ya?

[Popeye the Sailor]

I once read that the Apollo Guidance Computer's computational power was only equivalent to a modern kitchen appliance

How'd you like to have your microwave navigating through outer-freaking-space for ya?

Well.....it's been flawless with my popcorn......

[GAAN]

Well.....it's been flawless with my popcorn......

and notice the similarity to the lander and a jiffy pop container...

[Popeye the Sailor]

 

R.E.M. Man On the Moon