loumeinhart 0 #1 May 2, 2006 old thread but it fizzed pretty fast. Supposedly shadows are not parallel and a coke bottle fell over?? Some claim technology didn't exist then to protect a craft like the LEM from radiation.- - I found this I just don't think something this big could be a hoax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #2 May 2, 2006 ....and the Earth really IS flat! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #3 May 2, 2006 I would think with todays telescopes you should be able to see the crap they left up there...if it there. . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #4 May 3, 2006 Laser rangefinders left behind by the Apollo missions are still used today. Likewise, the laser rangefinder on the Russian Lunokhod rover still works. mh"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #5 May 3, 2006 Flag and crap should still be visible, as some one said "If they are there"1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 #6 May 3, 2006 Quote if it there. Thats funny, kind of like the flat earth people. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loumeinhart 0 #7 May 3, 2006 what's a laser rangefinder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #8 May 3, 2006 Quoteold thread but it fizzed pretty fast. Supposedly shadows are not parallel and a coke bottle fell over?? Some claim technology didn't exist then to protect a craft like the LEM from radiation.- - I found this I just don't think something this big could be a hoax. CLICKY #1 CLICKY #2 CLICKY #3 HUMOROUS CLICKYI don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #9 May 7, 2006 Quotewhat's a laser rangefinder? The laser rangefinders were left by each Apollo mission (though only three of them are working properly, from Apollo missions 11, 15 and 17) as part of the Passive Science Experiments Package, a subset of ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Scientific Experiments Package). It's a very cool array of prisms, which always reflect light directly back where it came from. More common examples of this are reflectors on automobiles and street signs. If for some reason you insist upon "proof" that men from Earth (from my country, the United States of America) walked on the moon, you need look no further than this. However, as I recall, it took several months after Apollo 11 for scientists to successfully hit the reflector left behind by Armstrong and Aldrin, mostly because the astronauts landed some three miles past their intended target in the Sea of Tranquility. Pictures of the laser reflector experiment can be seen here. Simply put, we know that the speed of light, c, is constant. By firing a laser at one of the reflectors and timing how long it takes to come back (compensating, of course, for propagation delays from the supporting electronics and processing), we can measure the EXACT distance that the moon is from the Earth at any given time in its orbital period. Other factors must be taken into account to further accurize the measurement, such as atmospheric distortion (the bending of light as it passes through the air), The position of the moon with respect to the Earth as factored by the time of day (right ascension, declination), the speed of the Earth's rotation, etc. But all that is probably more than you wanted to know. mh"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #10 May 7, 2006 QuoteQuoteIf for some reason you insist upon "proof" that men from Earth (from my country, the United States of America) walked on the moon, you need look no further than this. actually, you don't need to look that far. There are 472 kg of rocks in Houston (well, mostly in Houston) that if we didn't go to the moon, someone gots some 'splaining to do. The rocks in Houston predate any rock we find on Earth by about 550 million years. Plus, their chemistry is such that it is hard to impossible to imagine a terrestrial scenario for the petrogensis (that's rock birth). S.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites philip2005 0 #11 May 7, 2006 No earth based telescope could see any of the apollo landing sites. With distortion from the atmosphere even the 10m keck in hawaii doesnt have the resolving power to see it. I seem to remember on one the missions they brought back part of a russian probe so its pretty obvious that it did happen. Unless NASA had more advanced robots in the 70's than they do now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites shropshire 0 #12 May 7, 2006 <>... Actually it was German science & engineering that did the work, - actually the same people who tried to destroy my country's capital (amongst others). . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #13 May 7, 2006 Actually it was German science & engineering that did the work, - *** It's ALL about the FUNDING! No 'Bucks'...no Buck Rogers! U.S. pays for the ride, it ours...no matter WHO drew up the blueprints. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
philip2005 0 #11 May 7, 2006 No earth based telescope could see any of the apollo landing sites. With distortion from the atmosphere even the 10m keck in hawaii doesnt have the resolving power to see it. I seem to remember on one the missions they brought back part of a russian probe so its pretty obvious that it did happen. Unless NASA had more advanced robots in the 70's than they do now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #12 May 7, 2006 <>... Actually it was German science & engineering that did the work, - actually the same people who tried to destroy my country's capital (amongst others). . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #13 May 7, 2006 Actually it was German science & engineering that did the work, - *** It's ALL about the FUNDING! No 'Bucks'...no Buck Rogers! U.S. pays for the ride, it ours...no matter WHO drew up the blueprints. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
