Hi America. We have one of your citizens, a certain Buzz Aldrin in the UK and appearing on TV at the moment. He claims that he has walked on the moon. Do you know this guy? Is he for real? Come on, the MOON?
2007-02-04 11:54:17 · 12 answers · asked by poppy vox 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I really hope you're like 8 years old or something. Should you really be on the internet this late?
2007-02-04 11:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Poppy, 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 populace at large 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 (The US space agency) 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 visit an American city, look around you. On the sidewalk 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.
2007-02-04 13:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi UK. I am not an American citizen, however I watched Buzz Aldrin follow Neil Armstrong onto the surface of the moon in 1969.
It was Neil Armstrong who uttered the fameous words, but Buzz was on the surface within 10 minutes of Neil. I am sure there are records on a NASA site somewhere.
2007-02-04 12:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by Mez 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you should try learning some history. Buzz Aldrin was the second human being to set foot on the moon (Neil Armstrong was the first)--July 20, 1969. That mission--Apollo 11-was teh first o fsix successsful trips to the moon.
Do try to keep up--I know the educational system in the UK is better than that.
2007-02-04 12:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is for real.
An amazing person with a ton of courage and a passion for education.
If you can see him at a speech, he is really inspiring.
I was 2 years old when he walked on the Moon (July 1969) and I can still remember it- it was that big of a deal.
2007-02-04 12:04:02 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I really hope that you think you are being funny...
In case you aren't, check out the linked pic. While not proof, maybe it will jog something in your mind, or whatever it is you have going on in there!
2007-02-04 12:03:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He could be telling the truth. I mean, I've walked on the moon many times, in my dreams.
2007-02-04 11:58:29 · answer #7 · answered by Xfactor 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes he did. well we have video of it "One small step for man, One giant leap for Mankind".
2007-02-04 12:00:36 · answer #8 · answered by pooh 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
affirmative
2007-02-04 14:43:12 · answer #9 · answered by blinkky winkky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg..i know..next hell be telling us he had to go into space in a rocket...yes a rocket..i mean come on..
2007-02-04 12:08:34 · answer #10 · answered by lancashiretasty 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋