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 Mikeinpgh, on 16 April 2012 - 04:58 AM, said:

I think it was a pretty bad movie but the story is very interesting. I read the website after the movie. It makes you think. I don't know the historical facts about the US and Russian's space program working together during the cold war. If they did, there would have to be a very good reason.

They did, and there were multiple reasons for doing so.

You can look at the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was the first joint US/Soviet space flight, which launched in the  middle of the cold war (July, 1975) and featured a docking between ASTP's Apollo CM and Soyuz 19.


It was gereat fun, and stood as a symbol of detente between the USSR and US, and as a symbol of the end of the space race.  Watching Alexei Leonov and Tom Stafford embrace on orbit was a moving moment, and a precursor of what we saw in the Shuttle-MIR program, and of course, in the ISS Program.

Of course, the reality of US -Russian or US-Soviet space cooperation was, and is, alot more beneficial and valuable than anything portrayed in a fictional horror story about spaceflight, and silliness.


Before you mis-interpret this as being another example of people's meanness, how about those questions you've mentioned, and which need to be answered.

That's what we're about here:  Answering peoples questions and addressing their doubts.

Edited by MID, 05 May 2012 - 07:55 PM.

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 susieice, on 15 April 2012 - 05:52 PM, said:

Wouldn't load for me either. Bar says about:blank.

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 R2d3, on 08 May 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

this links works my side....http://www.lunatruth.com/

Cute.
Nice fake voice transcript front page...

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It's a nice story, however when you launch things that are big enough to reach the moon they tend to be visible for a very long distance.  Even if you can find somewhere secluded you have to transport your rocket there which is again huge, then assemble it.  

I really don't think this would have happened, the infrastructure and man power to hide such an assembly, launch then deconstruction of launch site would have been huge.  I think there would have been lots of witnesses.   Too many to silence.

Would have been easier to have launched publicly then claimed failure like Apollo 13

Edited by skookum, 19 May 2012 - 03:14 PM.

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 skookum, on 19 May 2012 - 03:12 PM, said:

It's a nice story, however when you launch things that are big enough to reach the moon they tend to be visible for a very long distance.  Even if you can find somewhere secluded you have to transport your rocket there which is again huge, then assemble it.  

I really don't think this would have happened, the infrastructure and man power to hide such an assembly, launch then deconstruction of launch site would have been huge.  I think there would have been lots of witnesses.   Too many to silence.

Is that what supposedly occurred in this movie?
They launched a Saturn V (presumably) from a secret location???

Sorry if that seems dum.
I never saw this movie(don't get to see many movies).
I never even saw but 25 minutes of Apollo 13(I thought the real thing was much more compelling)!

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Would have been easier to have launched publicly then claimed failure like Apollo 13

Again, this is the movie, right?

Historical note, for the record:  No one called Apollo 13 a failure. No one who understands, that is.


Apollo 13 was one of, if not the greatest accomplishment of the Apollo program.  It was a magnificent display of excellence by the crew, mission controllers, contractors,  and mission management.

Apollo 13 was Medal of Freedom stuff (and it was awarded to the crew and the Flight Directors).