1) Twelve 12 American astronauts have walked on the moon.
Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 12: Pete Conrad & Alan Bean
Apollo 13: << failed to land on the moon >>
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard & Edgar (Ed) Mitchell
Apollo 15: David Scott & James Irwin
Apollo 16: John Young & Charles Duke
Apollo 17: Eugene (Gene) Cernan & Harrison Schmidt
2) Why haven't we been back?
a) American astronauts visited the moon on six occasions.
b) The "moon race" was an extension of the cold war. It was mostly about national prestige. We got there first and achieved our primary objective. There was some good science: surveys, measurements, sample collection. But it was mostly about being there first. Once we achieved our primary objective, there was no political will to go back. There still isn't. Perhaps, if we discover He3 or something else valuable, there will be.
c) I used to travel to Crested Butte, Colorado every year to ski. Because I don't go anymore, does it mean that I never went?
3) What about the Van Allen radiation belts? Wouldn't it have killed the astronauts?
The existence of the Van Allen radiation belts postulated in the 1940s by Nicholas Christofilos. Their existence was confirmed in *1958* by the Explorer I satellite launched by the USA.
The radiation in the Van Allen radiation belts is not particularly strong. You would have to hang out there for a week or so in order to get radiation sickness. And, because the radiation is not particularly strong, a few millimeters of metal is all that is required for protection. "An object satellite shielded by 3 mm of aluminum will receive about 2500 rem (25 Sv) per *year*."
"In practice, Apollo astronauts who travelled to the moon spent very little time in the belts and received a harmless dose. [6]. Nevertheless NASA deliberately timed Apollo launches, and used lunar transfer orbits that only skirted the edge of the belt over the equator to minimise the radiation." When the astronauts returned to Earth, their dosimeters showed that they had received about as much radiation as a couple of medical X-rays.
4) The U.S. government scammed everyone?
In 1972, there was a politically motivated burglary of a hotel room in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. There were only about six or eight people who knew about it. However, those people, including Richard M. Nixon, the President of the United States, failed to keep that burglary a secret. It exploded into a scandal that drove the President and a number of others from office.
If six or eight people couldn't keep a hotel room burglary a secret, then how could literally thousands of people could have kept their mouths shut about six faked moon landings? Not just one moon landing, but six of them!
5) What about the USSR?
Even if NASA and other government agencies could have faked the six moon landings well enough to fool the general public, they could NOT have fooled the space agency or military intelligence types in the USSR. The Soviets were just dying to beat us. If the landings were faked, the Soviets would have re-engineered their N-1 booster and landed on the moon just to prove what liars Americans are. Why didn't they? Because the landings were real and the Soviets knew it.
6) Why does the flag shake? Where are the stars? Who took the video of Neil Armstrong?
Take a look at the first two websites listed below. They deal well with all of the technical questions.
7) Finally, please tell us what you would accept as definitive evidence that the six moon landings were real. Is there anything?
2006-12-22 17:28:47
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answer #1
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answered by Otis F 7
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Ron, get this straight and don't be foolish about it any more, okay? The basic technology required for a manned flight to the moon was developed in Germany in the late 1930s through the mid 1940s. This technology needed a lot of refinement to make a safe manned flight a reality.
We worked on that technology through the 1950s and 60s, and made the first manned moon flight in 1969. It all fits together, and if you read all the history and don't let the wackos lie to you, it will be impossible for you to continue to be fooled into believing that the moon missions did not take place.
The American people were much better educated and more intelligent in the 1960s and 70s than they are now, and it would never have occurred to NASA engineers and managers that 35 years later a bunch of ignorant dolts with nothing to do would come up with a stupid conspiracy theory stating that the moon landings were faked.
If that had occurred to them, I suspect the engineers would have gone to the trouble to create a larger and more visible object of proof, to compensate for the decline in the quality of the American mind and its education that occurred during and after the Reagan presidency.
But there is a real physical proof available. The astronauts who landed on the moon left behind reflectors that are used every day by astronomers to measure the irregularities of the moon's orbit. This is done by bouncing laser beams off reflectors at known locations that were left by the astronauts. Ask your science teacher for information about these experiments. You can arrange to see this done with your own eyes.
Let me put the question to you this way: If you think the moon landings were faked, when did they become "fake?" When did the idea become popular that NASA had invented the idea of an imaginary moon mission and created a huge technological empire to fool people? When was all this fakery done? In the 60s? 70s? 80s?
And why? What was the point? And how did they fool all the people that reported the news, operated the machinery, built the moon rockets, and watched them take off and land?
Do you realize that one American in 500 was a part of the Apollo program? Millions of them are still alive. Are they fooling you? Why? If you go out to a football game, look around you. In the stadium there are people who worked on the Apollo program.
Ask around. You are surrounded by people who know for sure that American astronauts stood on the moon more than 35 years ago.
2006-12-22 16:19:22
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answered by aviophage 7
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Actually there is proof that we have been to the moon and back several times, we put a mirror on the moon yes a mirror, now why on earth would we put a mirror on the moon you ask???? well simple on Apollo 11 we sent it there for one reason and one reason only to measure the stellar drift of the moon, you see every week we shoot the moon with a laser, ( the laser is green and you can go and shoot the moon your self if you want, they are located in Arizona on Tipton Plato) this laser hits the mirror and reflects back to use giving us an exact measurement of the stellar drift of the moon (it is moving away from us at about 2 feet a year) This is fact not fiction not some conspiracy theory just plain old fact just like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west FACT, FACT, FACT, I implore you to do more research on a subject before you make accusation such as this one know the facts not just what some one tells you we have been to the moon several times and are going back, Nasa has in the works right now as we speak a design of a moon base, it is to be located in the southern most point of the moon the reason is do to the FACT that the sun will hit that part of the moon 23 of 24 hours they need that sun light to power the solar panels and give the base power, This is fact not fiction not some grand old scheme to get people riled up just FACT. If you think that this is all bull then go to nasa's web sit and type in moon base plains, You might find that Everything I have just wrote is true you know FACT. Please know them, and then make a statement.
2006-12-22 15:13:09
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answered by matt v 3
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Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? Because he doesn't have a razor to shave it off. Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat? Because people get frustrated so they keep pressing it hoping that it will eventually work. Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough? Because the banks are retarded. Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? In case they miss. Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Because someone might think you are pulling a prank on them. Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"? To annoy the people who actually have a lisp.... (i have one) What is the speed of darkness? It's the same speed as light Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours? Because some babies go into a deep sleep when they don't wake up (for at least 2 hours, lol). If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be? -32 degrees (in Fahrenheit) Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer? It probably only seems longer. How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Because putting a man on the moon is a little more important to think about than putting wheels on luggage Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? I don't know..... Did you ever stop and wonder...... Yes I do Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I’ll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?" I'm sure man had a perverted side, and wanted to squeeze them, so then when he/she saw the milk come out they tasted it and decided it was edible. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its bum." Probably some really old people because chickens were discovered a long time ago..... Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? Because some humans aren't so decent..... Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer? Because the light would melt the ice in the ice maker. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is? Because that's just inappropriate Why does your Obstetrician, Gynecologist leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway? Who knows......... Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs! Well Goofy was supposed to resemble a human and Pluto is supposed to resemble a dog considering he doesn't talk in any of the episodes that I remember. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? Testical, ok that sounds wrong even tho it isn't spelled right. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from? Dead Babies!!! If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? Yes, yes it does. Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? I was just thinking about that the other day....I have no idea. Stop singing and read on……. Yes, it caught me too! Huh? Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup? No Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? Maybe because he doesn't like the smell of your car.... Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster? Maybe....here's a question: Does breaking the button make it arrive faster?
2016-05-22 21:32:35
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answered by Anonymous
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I have been telling this to people for a long time. It is against physics that we ever landed on the moon. The bigger problem would have been taking back off from there. It is impossible that we ever were there and i agree we have been lied to. At that time the race was on and Russia was doing better than the USA in space travel. We were worried about the Cold War and we needed an advantage. Therefore the government created this huge lie that we landed on the moon. There is all kinds of evidence to disprove that we were there. I always thought of the same question you asked. If we did it once, why have we never went back again? No one has an answer for that do they? It's because it's not possible.
2006-12-22 15:03:04
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answered by Anonymous
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Wow! I feel sorry for you that you are so cynical. Don't you realize how much wonder there is in life? Don't you yet realize that we project our own reality onto the physical world, rather than the other way around? We believe that we create. We create our own reality. It is a wondrous existence when you come to realize this ultimate truth.
2006-12-22 15:47:43
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answered by LindaLou 7
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Instead of sounding like a blithering idiot, post some proof to support your "claim".
2006-12-22 14:59:54
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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It is not impossible. It DID HAPPEN!. Like you said, come on, wake up.
I am one of those smart people who caught the lie- yours.
2006-12-22 14:55:58
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answered by Anonymous
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Right...
2006-12-22 14:55:45
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answered by Jerry P 6
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