40th Anniversay of the moon landings

[Buzzer]

Ow long ago was that, cg and did you see that excellent bbc4 documentary on Sunday about him, his reclusiveness and his (apparent) refusal to do interviews.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Well lets just say that if we didnt then, Im sure we have since but as its not *newsworthy* any more its all gone unnoticed. We are far too pre-occupied with celebs and MJ and Peter & Katie.

So Im saying yes.

 

[clapham_gull]

Ow long ago was that, cg and did you see that excellent bbc4 documentary on Sunday about him, his reclusiveness and his (apparent) refusal to do interviews.

No, I'll check that out.

 

[Trufflehound]

Remotely from the Earth to a moon buggy with technology from 1969 and an apparant 6 second delay? I don't buy it.

I thought the Clangers did the filming.

The Clangers operating a moon buggy? I don't think so.

Bingo from the Banana Splits, on the other hand...

Can it really be coincidence that they haven't been seen since the Apollo programme ended?

 

[BeardyChops]

I thought the Clangers did the filming.

No - it must have been someone else...

Fake Moon Landings The moon landings are fake!

 

[Marc]

personally I dont believe the technology was THAT good back in the 60s to get Man on the Moon, I think it was a massive Hoax simply to scare off Russia.

I mean with all these massively powerful telescopes have we EVER seen the actual landing site recently with the aid of these scopes?? afterall stuff was left there, footprints will still remain....I will wait to be proved wrong on this of course!

 

[BeardyChops]

I mean with all these massively powerful telescopes have we EVER seen the actual landing site recently with the aid of these scopes?? afterall stuff was left there, footprints will still remain....I will wait to be proved wrong on this of course!

Not good enough (and neither is the Hubble telescope). Lots of clever maths and reasoning here

Can you see the flag on the Moon with a telescope?

which ends with:

As of today, spotting the Flag on the Moon (from Earth using a telescope) remains impossible. The only method that could be used to (in theory) see something as small as the Flag on the Moon would be to use two optical telescopes set (for example) 1000 miles apart. This would easily provide the required resolution, the huge problem however is combining the images from both telescopes in such a way to realize the resolution. As far as I know right now that technology is not available. Even if the technology was available, the unsteadiness of the Earth's atmosphere would likely render the method useless.

 

[Marc]

Not good enough (and neither is the Hubble telescope). Lots of clever maths and reasoning here

Can you see the flag on the Moon with a telescope?

which ends with:

As of today, spotting the Flag on the Moon (from Earth using a telescope) remains impossible. The only method that could be used to (in theory) see something as small as the Flag on the Moon would be to use two optical telescopes set (for example) 1000 miles apart. This would easily provide the required resolution, the huge problem however is combining the images from both telescopes in such a way to realize the resolution. As far as I know right now that technology is not available. Even if the technology was available, the unsteadiness of the Earth's atmosphere would likely render the method useless.

ok then what about that recent Moon Orbit Satellite from the ESA (I think) and any others that have been up there recently, surely now we should demand to see evidence as they can easily pic up the Flag/footprints etc etc

 

[BeardyChops]

ok then what about that recent Moon Orbit Satellite from the ESA (I think) and any others that have been up there recently, surely now we should demand to see evidence as they can easily pic up the Flag/footprints etc etc

NASA's LRO . Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter . is one to watch out for. First pictures have a resolution down to 3m (I think)


Of course, even if photos were published, why should the doubters be any more convinced? If you can put on a show as huge as the apollo missions, it would be pretty easy to fake a distant photograph.

 

[Surrey Seagull]

Good luck Mr Gorsky!
I wish the story was true.

 

[Fungus]

ok then what about that recent Moon Orbit Satellite from the ESA (I think) and any others that have been up there recently, surely now we should demand to see evidence as they can easily pic up the Flag/footprints etc etc

Why would you believe that, but not the other evidence? Why can't the MOS pictures be faked?

 

[Surrey Seagull]

What about the distance measuring equipment which was placed on the moon by 1 of the Apollo missions? It was some kind of laser reflectors which can still be used today.
Also, if the moon landings were fake, why did NASA use a British company for it's radio communications to the moon?

 

[Marc]

ok then what about that recent Moon Orbit Satellite from the ESA (I think) and any others that have been up there recently, surely now we should demand to see evidence as they can easily pic up the Flag/footprints etc etc

my prayers have been answered!

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New images of Moon landing sites

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

my prayers have been answered!

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New images of Moon landing sites

Slightly on topic, but my favourite NSC post BAR NONE was when the British space rocket built and guided by blokes who looked like they were refugees from Time Team somehow mislaid the spacecraft just before it was scheduled to land on Mars, to general ridicule on here. At which point Marc got all IRATE and posted the legendary angry retort: 'Well why don't YOU try landing a spacecraft on an alien planet then!'

Still makes me chuckle

 

[FamilyGuy]

I would love it if it turned out to be made up. That would be f***ing fantastic.


The jeep thingy is my most suspect thing. Its all too James Bond. Why f***ing fire a car 1/4 million miles just to drive round for 100 odd yards or so in a comedy fashion?

Just for the record, the Lunar Rover on Apollo 17 (the most recent manned-trip to the moon) drove some 19 miles in total and at a maximum speed of 12km per hour

 

[FamilyGuy]

This may seem a bizarre question, but how does a space shuttle land BACK on Earth, on return from the Moon/outer space?

Surely it has to come down nose down, or does it land more like a plane?

Yes, that's exactly what it does - thus making it re-usable
Do you not watch TV?

 

[Marc]

Slightly on topic, but my favourite NSC post BAR NONE was when the British space rocket built and guided by blokes who looked like they were refugees from Time Team somehow mislaid the spacecraft just before it was scheduled to land on Mars, to general ridicule on here. At which point Marc got all IRATE and posted the legendary angry retort: 'Well why don't YOU try landing a spacecraft on an alien planet then!'

Still makes me chuckle

i'm here for your pleasure

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Certainly think it was possible in '69' for the Americans to send a unmanned rocket to the moon ans bring it back,however to keep repeating why ? Then we have the issue of radition,we are ll aware of the ozone layer and the effects of the sun. So is it possible to travel in space and even land on the moon,yet never appear to suffer the effects of radition ?

 

[BHAboi]

sorry to spoil everyones fun, thread over

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/21/mcdonald-observatory-space-laser-funding

 

[beorhthelm]

Then we have the issue of radition,we are ll aware of the ozone layer and the effects of the sun.

its called a space suit, with layers of foil embedded for this very reason. would you question the whole of space exploration, all the orbital missions, all the spacewalks then and since? or shall we assume they dealt with this problem.