Did we really go to the Moon?

I believe I heard something about NASA hoping to send another manned mission within the next decade.

Go watch mythbusters. They busted this.

beleive what you will. Nobody knows untill we get some pictures of the landing sites and photomap the moon. You can't miss the crap that was left up there.

I'm not to sure why this has not been done....

Go watch mythbusters. They busted this.

Tannerr33

The flag waved without air because that is what the astronaut did for get a better picture. If you put the flag up it will stay up because there is very little gravity. There were no stars in the picture because it is very bright on the moon. In order to allow us to view everything they needed to turn the aperture, or something, down to allow us to view the landscape.

beleive what you will. Nobody knows untill we get some pictures of the landing sites and photomap the moon. You can't miss the crap that was left up there.

I'm not to sure why this has not been done....

Chogyam

Is this enough proof for you?

beleive what you will. Nobody knows untill we get some pictures of the landing sites and photomap the moon. You can't miss the crap that was left up there.

I'm not to sure why this has not been done....

Chogyam

to the both of you. I beleive we landed on the moon. Just why take a big ass telescope in an observatory and shoot a laser through it. Just look through the damn thing lol.

The flag waved without air because that is what the astronaut did for get a better picture. If you put the flag up it will stay up because there is very little gravity.

BumFluff122

Actually, this is incorrect. Sure, there is less gravity on the moon than on Earth. But everything with mass exerts a gravitastional attraction. And the moon (as small as it is) is still pretty darn massive. In fact, you can see the astronauts jumping all around. And yet, they didn't fly off into space. They fell right back down to the moon's surface.

The REAL reason why the flag was "waving" is because NASA knew that the flag wouldn't stay aloft in the absence of wind. So they built a retractable metal pole into the flag post. This pole extended out horizontally. But it got stuck, and the astronauts weren't able to extend it all the way. This caused the flag to be rippled. Then, the astronauts twisted the post back and forth in order to place it in the ground. this back-and-forth motion, along with the rippled appearance of the flag, led to the illusion that the flag was waving as one does on Earth.

Actually, this is incorrect. Sure, there is less gravity on the moon than on Earth. But everything with mass exerts a gravitastional attraction. And the moon (as small as it is) is still pretty darn massive. In fact, you can see the astronauts jumping all around. And yet, they didn't fly off into space. They fell right back down to the moon's surface.

The REAL reason why the flag was "waving" is because NASA knew that the flag wouldn't stay aloft in the absence of wind. So they built a retractable metal pole into the flag post. This pole extended out horizontally. But it got stuck, and the astronauts weren't able to extend it all the way. This caused the flag to be rippled. Then, the astronauts twisted the post back and forth in order to place it in the ground. this back-and-forth motion, along with the rippled appearance of the flag, led to the illusion that the flag was waving as one does on Earth.

MrGeezer

cool. I guess they did take pictures last year. LRO

I've always believed that man went to the moon, but after watching a documentary on it's conspiracy, I'm 50/50.

1. I mean, how did the flag wave without air?

2. And how come there are no stars visible in the film footage?

3. And this was back in 1969...so how come 40 years later, noone else has gone to the moon?

These are just questions, and if you can answer them, then that would be helpfulkingunderground

1. THe flag moved because of inertia (? some physical force...inertia? Centrifugal force? you know what I mean). Imagine youre in a pool, and you have a sheet of something with neutral boyancy. If you move it, and then stop, its going to continue moving until eventually it stops. Same deal with the flag. When you plant it, there are relatively zero forces acting on it so whatever motions you put it through our going to continue for a while. I am sure someone who was a recent or current student could explain it better.

2. Dunno, but I am sure there is a reasonable explanation. Again, I am sure someone versed in film and photography could explain it better, but I imagine in a place exposed to so much light, the cameras would have some sort of filter put on to A.) only pick up things in a short distance, or B.) only be tolerant of high-light objects (like the moons surface, space suits...distant stars would be faint-light).

3. My guess is that it costs too much. Not to mention the entire thing was a Cold War publciity stunt; I am not trying to belittle the achievements of the Apollo missions, they were very great, but ultimately they proved pointless except for some moon rocks (which you can buy on ebay).

These are just my thoughts on the subject. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable in the matter can correct or reinforce what I said.

We haven't gone back because the space race was huge back then. Everyone cared about it. NASA was huge. Now it has significantly reduced budgeting and can't really do much. Plus, once you've been up there, what's the point of going back? The only reason we did it was to flex our technological might to the USSR and the rest of the world. We are going back though. Look up the Constellation program.Dark__Link

idunno, the pics taken with any ol' disposable look better than any I've seen with your average digital camera. Thats all I gotta say about that

*note: this is in printed form, mind you

yes, we did.

as someone wisely said, russia would have proved it otherwise.

the thing about the flag waving? well i have no idea, but i do know, that if it was a fake, a mistake like that wouldnt have been made.

I believe I heard something about NASA hoping to send another manned mission within the next decade.

J-Man725

Yup, We landed. They saw, they went, they claimed it as our own :P

Yup, We landed. They saw, they went, they claimed it as our own :P

Snipes_2

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Yup, We landed. They saw, they went, they claimed it as our own :P

Lto_thaG

Are you serious :o?

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"][QUOTE="Snipes_2"]

Yup, We landed. They saw, they went, they claimed it as our own :P

Snipes_2

Are you serious :o?

Yes man did go to the moon. I too went through a sceptical phase when I was younger, but when studying at University I realised that it is one of, if not *the* most contemporary-sourced event in history. Theres bits of paper for every single thing they did, explaining exactly how they did it.

people are stupid , the flag was affected by wind , what wind is there on moon ??gubrushadow

I dont know.

I mean i read the whole flag thing, the no stars theory and other things.

But to me people are just grasping at straws. But what really gets to me, is why Neil armstrong hasnt really said anything about the whole thing. He doesnt do any public speaking, concerning the matter.

I mean wouldnt any of you? He was the first man on the moon and you would think he would atleast say something.

Here's a video of him actually talking about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUx1SURbb3g

Very weird i must say.

Here's the way I look at it:

If we went to the moon: big whoop. What did it achieve? Nothing.

If we didn't go to the moon then what do we have? Nothing.

Same big whoop, same out come. Get over it.

Very weird i must say.deathtarget04

Go watch mythbusters. They busted this.

Tannerr33

Yes, multiple times. The flag didn't wave; the motion of the flag while he was holding it made it look like it was waving. Stars weren't visible from the moon because it was daytime on the Moon; go outside and tell me how many stars you can see during the daytime.

We didn't go to the moon just once, we went a few times. Whenever you have some event that is hard to believe, there will always be conspiracy theorists denying that it took place - 9/11, the Holocaust , the moonl landing, etc. Some of these events are just so amazing and some are so terrifying that people just dont want to believe them. So they ignore all evidence and create their own realities to explain them away.

I think Depp owns a piece of land on the moon.I could be wrong though.Lto_thaG

Are you serious :o?

No he doesn't. There is an internatioanlly accepted law stating that one, including countries, cannot claim territory on the moon as their own. You cannot own land on the moon no matter what.cpo335

People do own peices of the moon, just not the "land".

[QUOTE="cpo335"]No he doesn't. There is an internatioanlly accepted law stating that one, including countries, cannot claim territory on the moon as their own. You cannot own land on the moon no matter what.DigitalExile

People do own peices of the moon, just not the "land".

See: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty_of_1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090720-apollo-11-who-owns-moon.html(specifically "The moon is unclaimable under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which has so far been ratified by 100 UN member countries, including the United States.")

[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

[QUOTE="cpo335"]No he doesn't. There is an internatioanlly accepted law stating that one, including countries, cannot claim territory on the moon as their own. You cannot own land on the moon no matter what.cpo335

People do own peices of the moon, just not the "land".

See: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty_of_1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090720-apollo-11-who-owns-moon.html(specifically "The moon is unclaimable under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which has so far been ratified by 100 UN member countries, including the United States.")

Well, for all I know what I was talking about I heard in a dream so I was talking out of my ass anyway. :lol: I can't be bothered with the links so I'll take your word for it.DigitalExile

I saw a documentary themed around an american guy that made it his business selling small lunar territories of land to people, 5-10years ago

maybe that´s where you got it from

[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]Well, for all I know what I was talking about I heard in a dream so I was talking out of my ass anyway. :lol: I can't be bothered with the links so I'll take your word for it.BiancaDK

I saw a documentary themed around an american guy that made it his business selling small lunar territories of land to people, 5-10years ago

maybe that´s where you got it from

So in other words, you can claim an area and pay for it, but all you can do with it is say "Hey, look. I own part of the moon," so that even if you had a spaceship you couldn't legally put anything in that space. Which makes me wonder just who sells these plots...

No, everything was a montage...

we did, the mythbusters proved it

Documentaries are a dime a dozen, especially for conspiracy theories:

Pearl Harbor

JFK

Moon Landing

WTC Bombing 1

Oklahoma City

9/11

Afghanistan (Oil / Natural Gas Pipeline)

Illumati / NWO

2012

That's just some of the more contemporary American ones. I bet there's thousands of them, in all different shapes and sizes, for thousands of years.

I believe I heard something about NASA hoping to send another manned mission within the next decade.

J-Man725

yeah, that´s what they are planninng, they also want to send a manned misssion to mars

Busted!