[bornagainuhmanduh]

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They were in the van allen belt for only a split second (when your travelling at that kind of speed you can only be anywhere for a split second!)...not long enough to fry anyone or anything.

And the lack of gravity wouldnt really effect you after only a few days....as has already been stated both russians and americans(and at least one brit iirc) stayed up for over a year on MIR etc and didnt have much trouble when they got back.

Isn't that only with proper exercise?

This post has been edited by uhmanduh: 08 March 2007 - 07:38 PM

[bornagainuhmanduh]

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Torchwood, my dear. On Wikipedia, (yes I know LOL).....it states that the radiation will still stick to everything, and penetrate the rocket. hmmm... I also have an article...that states with no exercize, being up in space, that after only a few days, the muscle mass can be reduced 30%. (some people more, some people less). I'm sorry if I'm not making too much sense, I'm a bit tired. Here's the link to the NASA article though.
http://www.nasaexplo...p...-202&gl=912 I would also like to point out, that they found out that it was needed to exercise, from personal experience. (Not my own of course)

Thank you airika dahlink! I was watching a science program on public broadcasting about the first Russian cosmonauts in space. They found that the muscle loss was rather significant after a few days, as you stated, around 30% depending on the individual. This is why they now exercise. I have been trying to find the transcripts to the program to get the specifics.

[Cynical1]

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Aren't rocks which are proven to have come from the moon enough?

Besides which where is the evidence we didn't?

Rocks are the best answer you can provide? Try again.

There are many unanswered questions, educate yourself on the subject!!!!!!!!

[flyingswan]

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Rocks are the best answer you can provide? Try again.

There are many unanswered questions, educate yourself on the subject!!!!!!!!

Try these websites, all non-NASA, for independant verification of Apollo:

A geologist's explanation of moon rocks, including the difficulty of faking them:
http://meteorites.wu...howdoweknow.htm

Astronomers around the world track Apollo going to and from the moon:
http://www.astr.ua.e...ace/apollo.html

Several accounts of tracking Apollo radio transmissions, including a Swedish radio ham and the Russians keeping NASA honest:
http://www.svengrahn...17/APOLLO17.htm
http://www.parkes.at...ro.au/apollo11/
http://www.honeysuck...o_11/index.html
http://www.novosti-k...rs/271/03.shtml

One of many sites debunking the hoax claims:
http://www.uwgb.edu/...GototheMoon.htm

[airika]

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Rocks are the best answer you can provide? Try again.

There are many unanswered questions, educate yourself on the subject!!!!!!!!

I also feel that some of the statements made by Mr. Armstrong himself are a bit contradictory. I would also like to state that the government is not above doing anything to deter us from the truth. I have read a lot of information on Mr. Von Braun, and needless to say, I strongly feel that there could have been some sort of "conspiracy". There are MANY coincidences found surrounding his appearance. The book that he wrote is eerily similar to that of the moon landing, and the book was written in 1952 I believe. (I may be wrong on the year, but it was DEFINATELY written before the moon landing.) Mr. Von Brauns depiction of his lunar module, is almost exact to that of the one used in the "actual mission". I am sure that this one was just a coincidence, but I feel it merits being said. President Kennedy was assinated exactly one week after meeting with Mr. Von Braun about the moon landing. Mr. Von Braun was also on the south pole collecting meteors shortly before the the alleged landing even happened.

This post has been edited by airika: 08 March 2007 - 08:08 PM

[flyingswan]

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How did the camera, that the little known invention called the remote control controlled, survive the Van Allen belt?

How do communication satellites and the satellites for the GPS navigation system survive for years continuously in the Van Allen belts? The Apollos only spent an hour or so in the belts in each direction.

[airika]

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How do communication satellites and the satellites for the GPS navigation system survive for years continuously in the Van Allen belts? The Apollos only spent an hour or so in the belts in each direction.

I have stated in this post previously, that today, the satellites and other things in orbit, are protected against the radiation, and they are also turned off when near the belts. I believe that is the answer to your question.

[flyingswan]

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I also feel that some of the statements made by Mr. Armstrong himself are a bit contradictory. I would also like to state that the government is not above doing anything to deter us from the truth. I have read a lot of information on Mr. Von Braun, and needless to say, I strongly feel that there could have been some sort of "conspiracy". There are MANY coincidences found surrounding his appearance. The book that he wrote is eerily similar to that of the moon landing, and the book was written in 1952 I believe. (I may be wrong on the year, but it was DEFINATELY written before the moon landing.) Mr. Von Brauns depiction of his lunar module, is almost exact to that of the one used in the "actual mission". I am sure that this one was just a coincidence, but I feel it merits being said. President Kennedy was assinated exactly one week after meeting with Mr. Von Braun about the moon landing. Mr. Von Braun was also on the south pole collecting meteors shortly before the the alleged landing even happened.

Apart from engineering necessities like legs to land on and rocket power, Von Braun's moon lander didn't really look much like the actual LM:
http://www.astronaut...ft/vonander.htm

How did VB know there were lunar meteors in Antarctica when the rest of the scientific community didn't find them until 1979?

[flyingswan]

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I have stated in this post previously, that today, the satellites and other things in orbit, are protected against the radiation, and they are also turned off when near the belts. I believe that is the answer to your question.

Read my post again. Those satellites are permanently in the belts.

Furthermore, they are designed for the known radiation levels in the belts, and the radiation levels experienced by the satellites are consistent with NASA's claimed radiation exposures for the Apollo astronauts. Dozens of countries build and operate these satellites, the radiation levels are hardly secret.

[airika]

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Apart from engineering necessities like legs to land on and rocket power, Von Braun's moon lander didn't really look much like the actual LM:
http://www.astronaut...ft/vonander.htm

How did VB know there were lunar meteors in Antarctica when the rest of the scientific community didn't find them until 1979?

My dear, I would first like to point out that I never once stated that he collected lunar meteors, and we have no proof that what NASA states are lunar meteors, are actually that. The only thing that we have to go by is their word. The government doesn't exactly have a great track record of telling us the truth, and with some of us being like questioning children, asking about the moon landing and our "parents" (the government) refuse to give us straight answers to some of our questions, then yes, people are going to speculate and ask more questions then before. Here is a link from googlescholar that I was refering to. http://www.reformati...eral-groves.pdf

[flyingswan]

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My dear, I would first like to point out that I never once stated that he collected lunar meteors, and we have no proof that what NASA states are lunar meteors, are actually that. The only thing that we have to go by is their word. The government doesn't exactly have a great track record of telling us the truth, and with some of us being like questioning children, asking about the moon landing and our "parents" (the government) refuse to give us straight answers to some of our questions, then yes, people are going to speculate and ask more questions then before. Here is a link from googlescholar that I was refering to. http://www.reformati...eral-groves.pdf

I recall that the first lunar meteors were actually discovered by a Japanese expedition, and it was they, not NASA who identified them.

There is also the fact that the Russians collected a few very small lunar samples with unmanned missions in the years after Apollo. The three sources of lunar material all have common features that show they have a non-earth origin.

It is also interesting to note that the moon samples don't fit any of the three major theories of the lunar origin that existed pre-Apollo, and a new theory that matched the samples wasn't developed until several years after Apollo. This means that if they were faked, whoever faked them had to make them consistent with this future theory, which you must admit shows remarkable abilities.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

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we have no proof that what NASA states are lunar meteors, are actually that. The only thing that we have to go by is their word.

In a thread full of wrong this is a pinnacle of wrongness of Everest proportions.

The Lunar samples have been tested around the world by many different scientists from many different universities. The Soviet Union also returned samples from the moon using unmanned spacecraft so we have an alternative source to make comparisons with.

The lunar meteorites have been identified on Earth after comparison with the lunar samples. They were only recognised as having a lunar source AFTER Apollo.

This post has been edited by Waspie_Dwarf: 08 March 2007 - 08:43 PM

[flyingswan]

Another point worth noting on the "Von Braun South Pole" explanation of moon rocks:

A lunar meteorite looks pretty much like any other meteorite, with an external surface showing the effects of the heating it received during its passage down through the atmosphere. You need to get it back to a lab and examine the interior composition to identify it as a lunar meteorite.

About 1 in 450 meteorites discovered have been identified as Lunar ones.

NASA has some 380 kg of lunar material. The known lunar meteorites amount to some 50 kg total.

For the Von Braun theory to work, he must have therefore gathered up a couple of hundred tonnes of meteorites in his short holiday to Antartica and practically swept the continent clean for future meteorite hunters.

[MID]

Well, Waspie and Obviousman and Flyingswan...et. al.

You have done a fine job with this, as usual!


I though I might get into this...( )


airika:

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I also feel that some of the statements made by Mr. Armstrong himself are a bit contradictory

Might you clarify what you mean by that?
Neil has been very articulate and clear in his statements regarding the mission of Apollo 11...for almost 40 years. I'd like to know what you're talking about.

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President Kennedy was assinated exactly one week after meeting with Mr. Von Braun about the moon landing. Mr. Von Braun was also on the south pole collecting meteors shortly before the the alleged landing even happened.

Coincidence, in the matter of President Kennedy (perhaps you're implying that President kennedy's death had something to do with the fledgling Apollo program?). Besides, he met with Dr. Von Braun because he wanted an update on his Saturn 1 program, which he got. The Apollo block 1 spacecraft wasn't even built yet. In fact, the Gemini Program hadn't even started yet at that time. There was no lunar module, and the moon landing was six years in the future at that time.
Dr. Von Braun was taking a vacation in 1968 in Antarctica. He was an adventurer, and enjoyed doing unusual things. Geniuses tend to be a bit eccentric at times. He went to Antarctica on vacation. It had absolutely nothing to do with meteorites. He explored different places all his life. It all had nothing to do with Apollo. In fact, he was getting away from Apollo when he went to Antarctica...

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I would like to point out, that NASA's favorite line is "It would be harder to pull off the hoax." When that is not true in the least.

In fact, it is true, if you knew anything about Apollo.

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They were said to have installed a television camera into the side of the lunar module. There was no protection at all for this electronical equipment from the Van Allen Belt.

I think you've probably gotten a reasonable explanation of this.
The van Allen Belts did not provide a harmful dose of radiation to any Apollo crewman, nor to any equipment. The spacecraft were adequately shielded, the duration of exposure was less that 2 hours per mission, and the trajectories designed had the vehicles passing through the narrowest parts of the belts. The van Allen Belt horror is an old, tired, and erroneous thing which was refuted by Dr. Van Allen himself.

As to that camera, it was, as has been pointed out, deployed by the initial egressing astronaut by pulling a lanyard which deployed the MESA. The camera was powerwed up by the LMP who snapped a breaker in the LM to power it up.

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The government doesn't exactly have a great track record of telling us the truth, and with some of us being like questioning children, asking about the moon landing and our "parents" (the government) refuse to give us straight answers to some of our questions, then yes, people are going to speculate and ask more questions then before

I'll tell you what.
If you have doubts about the most scientifically documented accomplishment in human history, something confirmed and substantiated by independent scientific organization the world over, just ask them here.


I guarantee you'll get an answer.


Why do you think Apollo was faked?
This would be the place to ask....

[Unlimited]

Im gonna agree with MID for once...