When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

[Missioncmdr]

Another episode airs tonight on the Discovery Channel at 9 PM EDT.

 

[Andy44]

Bump. It's on!

 

[n0mad23]

It's been a week already? Thanks guys for reminding me. I think I'd be really bummed if I missed tonight's episode!

 

[Andy44]

Fred Haise with stubble looks like he would've made a good actor to play the Punisher...just a thought. I gotta hand it to the guy, after Apollo 13 he stuck around for the space shuttle program and flew Enterprise. And John Young, good lord, after all he'd been through he climbed into the cockpit for STS-1 and kept on going. Yeah, it's a dream job, but still...

 

[Missioncmdr]

Kind of dissapointed on how they just blew over Apollo 12 and 14.

Edit: They did not even mention Apollo 15!

 

[Andy44]

Yeah, cool as it is, it's still got the Discovery Channel cheese.

 

[Missioncmdr]

Looks like the usual bull-spewing idiots are active on the IMDb. In the discussion board for the series, a user posted, under the topic name "Lies, Lies, And More Lies," this:

This is a blatant maneuver from NASA and the beings that control NASA to reprogram the sheeple into believing that they went to the Moon. Check out www.moonmovie.com to see the REAL interviews, not the ones controlled by NASA. The "astronauts" squirm in their seats when asked about the Van Allen Belts, which are located approximately 1000 to 25000 miles above Earth. There is no way a living being (in the technology of that day) could've survived the massive amount of radiation in the belts. So, they had to formulate a lie and they did, just like JFK and 9/11. Please wake up and do your own research and not rely on the controlled media.

Flame away.

When will they ever shut up (probably never)?

 

[to be]

I find it amusing. Incredibly stupid, but amusing. Some people just aren't comfortable with the idea that there is anything beyond the earth, and are willing to do whatever it takes to believe that.

Oh, and: http://xkcd.com/202/

 

[mjessick]

I can't imagine how any one can't see the technological progress through the Gemini missions. It was inexorable.

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

Well as my dad says, Some people still think the Earth is flat and refuse to believe otherwise no matter how much you prove it isn't. The fact those people are around today means You can be 100% certain the Moon landing conspiracy won't end even when man walks on Mars and beyond. But I'm now hooked on that series! I saw the first episode and now this one. I finally have something great to watch every week!

 

[pattersoncr]

Well as my dad says, Some people still think the Earth is flat and refuse to believe otherwise no matter how much you prove it isn't. The fact those people are around today means You can be 100% certain the Moon landing conspiracy won't end even when man walks on Mars and beyond. But I'm now hooked on that series! I saw the first episode and now this one. I finally have something great to watch every week!

I hate to burst you bubble but there's only one more episode.

Don't dispair though, Disovery Channel is showing "In the Shadow of the Moon" on the 23rd!

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

So I came into the series late? I thought it just began.

 

[Brad]

Nothing like Bittorrent to get it now.

 

[Pilot7893]

On a video of Buzz jumping on the moon, one person actually said

FAKE!! If he really was on the moon, he would have floated off into space!!

It's funny, I didn't know I could jump 1/6 of the way into space on Earth

 

[Missioncmdr]

So I came into the series late? I thought it just began.

Apparently there was supposed to be six, one hour-long episodes. But for some reason, Discovery is airing them as three, two hour-long episodes.

 

[Ghostrider]

It's funny, I didn't know I could jump 1/6 of the way into space on Earth

Doctor Bruce Banner, is that you?

 

[pattersoncr]

Doctor Bruce Banner, is that you?

Not to derail the thread but I heard the following on the radio this morning:
They were discussing the new Hulk movie and according to Lou Farigno, when they made the old Hulk TV show they changed Banner's first name from Bruce (as it is in the comic books) to David because "CBS thought the name Bruce sounded too gay."

Maybe any guys here named Bruce can comment on having a gay sounding name (not that there's anything wong with that).

 

[Missioncmdr]

Bump.

Next episode should be on in about half an hour.

 

[MJR]

Isn't it about the upcoming shuttle mission to the Hubble telescope or the one awile ago?

 

[eveningsky339]

I'm afraid that it is time to admit that I have begun a love affair with this particular series.