Neil armstrong as i've heard but i seen picture of him landind on the moon so who took the picture?
2007-06-15 07:56:52 · 16 answers · asked by Nyk 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
lol good question. have you seen the conspiracy theory on it? its fab and the question is did armstrong really land on the moon or was it staged?
2007-06-15 08:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by juicy 4 · 1⤊ 6⤋
The picture was taken by a remotely controlled camera mounted on the leg of the lunar lander.
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?
On the subject of stars, take a look at the first link. Sorry, but there *are* stars in that photo. For the rest, visit "badastronomy" and "clavius". 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?
2007-06-15 15:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by Otis F 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Neil armstrong
2007-06-15 15:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The picture was taken from earth with an camera that had a super-duper zoom! They have not released the lens onto the open market because it could be seriously misused! If you went up to the Post Office tower in London with one of those, you would be able to zoom in on that lady taking a shower in her apartment in Queens, NY! Isn't that something!
2007-06-19 12:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said Otis F...
Neil Armstrong
2007-06-15 16:05:19 · answer #5 · answered by funkysi65a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe Neil Armstrong ever landed on the moon, then you might be interested in seeing my video that I took while I was hanging out with the Easter bunny and Atilla the Hun at Hooters last week....
That Atilla can really put away the wings....grrrrowl...
J-
Oh btw....I've heard a rumor that there is gonna be an invasion in July by a bunch of aliens who look like cars but can turn into robots....keep your eyes peeled....
2007-06-15 15:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
There was a camera on the Eagle - the lunar landing module.
No one was outside operating it. Controlled from inside.
2007-06-15 15:00:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Buzz Aldrin
2007-06-15 15:02:00 · answer #8 · answered by Don Eppes 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Me after a rough night out.
2007-06-16 00:02:31 · answer #9 · answered by melbournewooferblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the man in the moon did you not know he has been there since it was formed you can see his face
2007-06-15 15:01:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
his friend who was the second on the moon
2007-06-15 15:01:18 · answer #11 · answered by jinx 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋