The moon hoax.

[eveningsky339]

Are the 6 who voted "hoax" selling their crack or are they keeping it all to themselves?

 

[Moonwalker]

Are the 6 who voted "hoax" selling their crack or are they keeping it all to themselves?

I think crack won't help anymore...

 

[n122vu]

Guys hte Apollo it is hoax because the capsule it did not re-enter the moon's atmosphere. and the flag. too stiff

Well, the moon has no atmosphere for one, and second, there was a wire in the flag that made it that stiff. That is a known fact about the moon flag. Not because it was fake, but so it would not float or droop abnormally.

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I would suggest reading up on the United States Flag Code, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Flag_Code
to find out what might inspire someone to not want the US flag to droop in space. Not that anything like that is mentioned in the code, but if you have an understanding of the code and the deep sentiment behind it you will understand the pride behind the flag and why we would want it to be displayed in a glorious way on the moon.
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[SlyCoopersButt]

What material is the flag made of? Must be really good material to withstand all the extremes and to maintain it's image. Would be neat to see it again after all this time. Ever been any orbiting probes or anything that imaged it?

 

[Urwumpe]

for example the "hollow world theory" claiming there's no space at all (and no Moon to fly to, of course): http://www.rolf-keppler.de/ (again german, sorry)

Well, he is at least very selective on his references.

For example: Teed founded New Jerusalem and developed the most stupid stuff after taking too much electricity...

 

[Danny Ramone]

Guys hte Apollo it is hoax because the capsule it did not re-enter the moon's atmosphere. and the flag. too stiff

Lol i love this about forums, there is always someone who knows how to push people buttons

 

[John_L]

Well, there is ONE nice thing about the moon hoax fooey....

 

[Lunchbox]

What material is the flag made of? Must be really good material to withstand all the extremes and to maintain it's image. Would be neat to see it again after all this time. Ever been any orbiting probes or anything that imaged it?

From what I gather, it was regular cloth lined over aluminum foil, which makes it look "crinkly" in photos. And of course, since there is no air on the moon, they added a small pole at the top to hold the flag straight. And then they added a table fan to simulate wind....not :rofl: It would be great if they scheduled the first manned Orion flight to go back to Apollo 11's spot, take a few pictures and mail them to the theorists, but then they will claim ORION is all faked and the great circle starts again. Besides, how can you play Orbiter and claim the landings were fake? Makes as much sense as dividing by zero.

 

[ryan]

From what I gather, it was regular cloth lined over aluminum foil, which makes it look "crinkly" in photos. And of course, since there is no air on the moon, they added a small pole at the top to hold the flag straight. And then they added a table fan to simulate wind....not :rofl: It would be great if they scheduled the first manned Orion flight to go back to Apollo 11's spot, take a few pictures and mail them to the theorists, but then they will claim ORION is all faked and the great circle starts again. Besides, how can you play Orbiter and claim the landings were fake? Makes as much sense as dividing by zero.

Having billion dollar mission to just proove some people are wrong, Tranquility doesnt really have much scientific value.

 

[pattersoncr]

From what I gather, it was regular cloth lined over aluminum foil, which makes it look "crinkly" in photos.

The flag was just a regular nylon flag like you can buy at the store. The crinkles are because of the way they folded it. See discussion here:
http://www.clavius.org/index.html

 

[computerex]

Oh comon people. In my personal opinion, anything could have happened. They could have faked it, or they could have actually gone to the moon. But does it really matter? It's not going to affect anyone here personally...Some of you might disagree, but you know I am right.

 

[dougkeenan]

Oh comon people. In my personal opinion, anything could have happened. They could have faked it, or they could have actually gone to the moon. But does it really matter? It's not going to affect anyone here personally...Some of you might disagree, but you know I am right.

It's easy to claim "they could have faked it" but even with today's technology that's not possible.

 

[Lunchbox]

It would be great if they scheduled the first manned Orion flight to go back to Apollo 11's spot, take a few pictures and mail them to the theorists, but then they will claim ORION is all faked and the great circle starts again.

In retrospect, Tranquility doesn't have much useful with regards to what NASA wants to do. Orion will focus on the polar regions.

 

[Danny Ramone]

Haven't the japanese sent a probe to the moon recently? surely something would have shown up on there

 

[Urwumpe]

Haven't the japanese sent a probe to the moon recently? surely something would have shown up on there

No, it has "only" about 30m resolution on the ground (that still requires some serious optics), while the largest object left by Apollo, the LM, is only 8m wide. It would in the best case be a reflection more, than usual.

The LRO, which will get launched in some weeks, will be able to make photos with 50 cm accuracy. Of course, this comes with a price - the satellite is build around the camera, not the other way around.

 

[ryan]

In retrospect, Tranquility doesn't have much useful with regards to what NASA wants to do. Orion will focus on the polar regions.

Hey thats what i said, its also very true tranquility may of have been a good site for the first landing but theres more tougher places we do it cos its hard not easy.

 

[spcefrk]

heh. i am one of John Lear's 'sources'... listen from 4:05 ...
:beach:

:rofl:

 

[Pilot7893]

"Did you guys know the ISS is fake? It was planned by UN to distract the world from the war in Iraq. Seriously, launching something that big into space? Bull"
There was a comment like this on Youtube. He obviously has no idea when the war in Iraq started, or knowlage of the fact the launch it up piece by piece

 

[Ghostrider]

He obviously has no idea when the war in Iraq started, or knowlage of the fact the launch it up piece by piece

Given that teh interweb is full of shrill 10-years old clueless kids who haven't been thoroughly disciplined (read: beaten up until they turn blue and stop moving), why should this surprise you?

 

[bujin]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/27/skeptics-guide-5x5-and-apollo/