Chiefgroover Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f29.html Its intersting to search for what the Astronauts did after they retired, seem like a decent bunch, nature photographers to preachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyrick Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Sorry about the hijack re the moon buggy - couldn't resist! Surely if it was a hoax they would only have done it once? Or twice at the most? Seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to repeating it, what, 6 times? Every time they did it would have opened up more risk of discovery. Also, there was that Apollo 13 explosion wasn't there? That would have taken some planning! A friend of mine worked on some of the Apollo hardware for a subcontractor - he's not in any doubt! Just some thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Well there is another theory ( ) that Apollo 11 was faked in order to meet JFKs 'by the end of the decade' requirement (although quite why they made such a big deal out of this after the guy had been dead for 8 years is another question - would anyone have been that bothered if they had waited a couple of years? (was anyone really insisting they keep to JFKs request?))), they then did Apollo 12 because they had to because it was scheduled, then Apollo 13 was the first real attempt and it went wrong, and then Apollo 14 was the first 'real' landing! But you're right - if they are ALL fake then it seems mad that they risked the hoax so many times. More for my 'it requires too many people to stay silent' argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toms Supra Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 lmao at that pic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Just for this thread Top Ten Apollo Hoaxes http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10apollohoaxes.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 IIRC the Japanese are planning to send up a lunar orbiter either this year or next which, among other things, will photograph the Apollo landing site(s). That should prove things once and for all (unless they're in on the conspiracy too I guess!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 There has been a website for years pointing out the NASA 'counter-arguments', quite convincingly too. It is called Bad-Astronomy or something. I guess that clear pictures from the Jap lunar orbiter will help towards dispelling the concpirancy theories, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evanshaw Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Sorry, haven't read all the posts, just the first page. But surely "moon rock" as it is described is easily counterfeitable, so to speak, as if memory serves me well, books from primary/secondary school describe the moon as being a chunk of earth broken off after an asteroid collision! So surely the moon and earth have similar if not identical chemical properties. If that were the case? except of course for lack of atmosphere and the occasional bump by a piece of space rock! then surely placing a piece of very absorbent rock, i.e heavily oxygonised - such as your average pummy stone, into a vacuum, would produce the same effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 http://www.max-boost.co.uk/stuff/lunar_rover.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboldham Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 course it aint a hoax - it just show that these days a little bit of knowledge (and a producer wanting to make some cash) is a dangerous thing. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 The above picture is bona-fide, not doctored. These are real astronauts, too. It was taken during tests of various moon-rover prototypes somewhere in Nevada. I just find it very funny, taken into context of the question marks raised 3 odd decades later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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