Was the moon landing for real ???

[Moab]

Thanks gaby. Now i know there IS a moon! i seen ol GW standing on it. )

[hansvonlieven]

G'day all,

I don't know if anyone actually set foot on the moon, I wasn't there.

One thing I am certain of, they DID fly there! The idea that they never made it out of earth's orbit is ridiculous. There were a number of stations that were tracking the spacecraft as it was on it's way and on the return journey. Many of them outside the sphere of influence of the US.

The Soviet Union would have loved to show that the spacecraft was broadcasting from Earth's orbit. When it comes to the actual surface of the moon we cannot tell where the astronauts were as the Moon orbiting spacecraft was relaying the broadcast from the surface and all signals received on earth could only be tracked to there.

Just my two cent's worth

Hans von Lieven

[devilzangel]

I dont know why you think there was never a moon landing Hartiberlin.

Firstly, the question is whether they went to the moon, not whether the module was controllable enough to land with.
A. I am sure you know, the moon has lower gravity, so whatever fails on earth doesnt mean it will fail on the moon, the landing mechanisms would need less force to land, and it would be more responsive to control efforts.
B. If the Germans could help US secret projects figure out how to lift off a several hundreds tons rocket into space, I seriously doubt they were having problems trying to stabilize a landing propulsion system.
C. you dont even need a dang module man, we are talking about late 1960s here, USA had FLYING UFOs!!; who gives a flying 'u know wat' if they didnt put their brightest engineers on the landing systems; they knew it wouldnt matter. MAYBE they just took everything to the moon via a UFO,and FILMED it there, and then packed up and came back.

Secondly, there are artifacts left on the moon that relay back scientific information to earth, there is also a mirror on the moon that lets scientists track the moon's distance from earth with lasers. If you want further proof, point any large enough telescope in the direction of the landing sites.

devilzangel
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[Freezer]

If you want further proof, point any large enough telescope in the direction of the landing sites.
devilzangel
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I believe we did go to the moon, and also faked parts.  No land-based telescope will have the resolution to image the sites, but Japan has successfully launched a satellite which is scheduled to image these sites.  So if all goes well, we actually might get some images, independent of NASA(Never A Straight Answer).

http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/selene/index_e.html

[devilzangel]

at moon's Perigee = 363,300 km
at moon's Apogee = 405,500 km

if a military satellite can image a license plate on earth from 20,000 km, I fail to see your point. With current technology, there is enough ability to get good resolution of the moon. Of course we don't need to see foot prints to find evidence of human activity on the moon.

There are plenty of large telescopes on earth that can give a decent resolution. The largest optical telescopes are in the range of approx. 10meters. Thats huge. If i can get a decent high quality moon image from a 500mm dslr camera, imagine what a 10meter telescope can do.

the question is who is willing to get that funding to rent one of these beauties, and if the govt will even allow this moon pointing in the first place.

devilzangel
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