Moon Landing

[Popeye the Sailor]

Looking at it from taking off. How many delays due to mechanical issues have we had for launches from Earth? How could we even be certain we wouldn't have any of those issues while on the moon?

Not as many as you would think. It's only newsworthy when it fails.


Rockets are very dependable these days-we launched two in the last two weeks. I believe something along the lines of 1 failure in fifty years has been the case for us.

[NAKID]

I'm not talking about all out failures. I'm talking about "oops, this isn't working as we planned, shut down the launch til we fix it."

[Pakhan]

How does any of this matter in relation to whether we landed on the moon? 

[NAKID]

Just a theory as to motive for faking it...

[Pakhan]

That theory wouldn't happen to be one of the conspiratorial nature would it? 

[NAKID]

Isn't that what we're talking about?

[Pakhan]

Your theory is based on the idea that it was too dangerous to do so we faked it?

[NAKID]

Not so much too dangerous, but the technology at the time was too unreliable...

[Pakhan]

That argument has never stopped humans before from taking risks.

travel
exploring
boats
flight
submerged
tunneling/ mining
explosives
the list is extensive.

[Triple J]

Not so much too dangerous, but the technology at the time was too unreliable...

So you ignore evidence that we were there? 

[cyrus buelton]

will the plane take off?

[Popeye the Sailor]

Not so much too dangerous, but the technology at the time was too unreliable...

I take it you would never sail across the pacific then?

[Langanobob]

Part of the "it was faked" belief might have a tiny bit of truth to it.   Training for the moon, the astronauts trained here in the USA walking around in their spacesuits in places near Mammoth Lakes, CA where there are pumice hills that are similar in appearance to the moon.   So, someone seeing astronauts in space suits in a moonlike spot here on earth, then seeing very similar looking photo's from "the moon" might justifiable get suspicious.

The sad part is that although I believe we went to the moon, I've learned not to trust the federal government or anyone who has any involvement in it any further than I can throw them.   I think the belief that we didn't go to the moon is just another manifestation of this basic mistrust of the gov't.   Sad...

[superjohn]

The sad part is that although I believe we went to the moon, I've learned not to trust the federal government or anyone who has any involvement in it any further than I can throw them.   I think the belief that we didn't go to the moon is just another manifestation of this basic mistrust of the gov't.   Sad...

I think that has a lot to do with it. There's also a certain amount of misanthropy to these theories as people have such a dismal view of the nature of man that they find it impossible that as a species we could accomplish something so incredible.

[Kopfjäger]

The sad part is that although I believe we went to the moon, I've learned not to trust the federal government or anyone who has any involvement in it any further than I can throw them.   I think the belief that we didn't go to the moon is just another manifestation of this basic mistrust of the gov't.   Sad...

Enjoy your stay.