Poll: The moon landing

[DustyDrB]

Yea this was a hot topic...5 months ago

 

[GODoftheRIGOVERSE]

The first astronauts to land on the moon died when ther hellmets failed to protect them from rapid decompression and their heads popped like grapes or cherries so the government faked the moon landing and paid off the families to say the actors were thoses dead astronauts so that the US could say we were the first on the moon until technology improved!!!

[http://photobucket.com/images/exploding%20head]

I'm gonna assume you're serious and point out that a faulty seal wouldn't kill you with explosive decompression, you'd just suffocate to death.

I kinda knew that but i was just being....

COLORFUL!!!

 

[Julianking93]

Yes, we landed on the moon.
Don't you watch Mythbusters??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
They actually confirmed it.

You know NASA just paid them off to say that!

/sarcasm

OT, yes. Like all conspiracies, they have some strong points and its fun to believe in them, but they're all bullshit.

[sup/]except the one's about The Patriots and GW. That shits for realz[/sup]

 

[GundamSentinel]

I studied Aerospace Engineering and calculated during the course that we could. So yeah, we went. By the way, get your telescope out and see for yourself.

 

[bcponpcp27]

If not then WHERE DID ALL THE MOON ROCKS CONTAINING HELIUM-3 (possible energy source) COME FROM???

Did you watch moon too? That movie was awesome.

 

[DustyDrB]

Of course we landed on the moon. Anyone who says we haven't is just a religious nutcase.

Umm... I'm sorry, I have to ask. What on freaking earth does the moon landing have to do with religion? :/

Some religious fundamentalists believe that it is impossible for a human to go past "the sky" (atmosphere), because that's where heaven is. Therefore, if it is impossible to go past the sky, it is impossible to reach the moon.

I love to ask these kinds of people how satellite TV, and cellphones work. They always give such delightfully moronic answers.

...

Wow. Okay then. I've never heard of a religion that ridiculous. Must be some small sects or something...

They aren't weird sects or anything, they're Christians, they just interpret the Bible completely literally, and add a little of their own batshit crazy on top of it.

Always the crazy Christians making us sane ones look bad.
I'm pretty sure they're not takign the Bible literally, they're manipulating it. Happens way too much.

 

[YoUnG205]

I think that we did but Tbh honest I do not really care.
Thye will be sending more people up to the moon in 2020
as a stepping stone towards landing on mars.

 

[Pyro Paul]

Why won't someone just point a telescope (and i mean a big one. Like Hubble) at the landing site to prove it once and for all?

um... we have.
and still do.

Luner Laser Ranging (LLR) reflectors where left on the moons surface during Apollo missions 11, 14, and 15. These Laser Range finders have been used since then calculate distances of asterial bodies, terrestrial placement, and a host of other intresting information.

currently the active Luner Laser Range operation center is located on Appache Point (constructed specificly for this purpouse)

for additional information
NASA information about the experiment:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/21jul_llr.html

Wiki on Apache Point Observation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Point_Observatory_Lunar_Laser-ranging_Operation


it is unequivical proof we've landed on the moon.
but of course, no conspirecy shill will admit to even acknowledging this LLR project.

 

[Zeromaeus]

We probably didn't land that first time, but we have since then. Heck, we left our crap up there, you can see it. We Americans are terrible about leaving litter wherever we go.

 

[Superbeast]

I've only read the fist page, but nobody everyone who has an opinion so far seem to be citing a source. Don't you have your own common sense? Look:

The USA and the Soviet were in a space race. They were sworn enemies and rivals. Do you really think that if the US faked the moon landing, the Russians would just sit their on their asses all silent and not calling their bluff? They were the only people on earth besides the Americans with the required technology to actually find out. But they didn't call the bluff. In fact, they said nothing. The only reasonable explanation is that they simply were ashamed and embarrassed that the "American dogs" beat them to that achievement, and basically won the Space Race, even though the Russians had better technology.

Unless there was a secret pact between the USA and the USSR, where they agree to some kind of deal...What did they get in exchange for their silence? God only knows...

*edit*
Upon further reading, I see that someone beat me to it. GG.

Well that's one of the points of contention (and about the only one I agree with out of the whole conspiracy theory): the Russians got the first man into space, but didn't have the technology to land a man on the moon. The Americans, despite being behind in the space race, managed to "land on the moon" shortly after - which seems a bit odd since they were incapable of getting a manned space flight previously.

All the other stuff the conspiracy theorists is a load of bull, with rational explanations for (the shadows? Really?) - of course the "wire in the flag" thing sounds a bit daft (as shouldn't the flag have floated by itself) but then one has to remember that Americans like their patriotism and would have wanted the flag displayed in full, so probably did it as a "just in case".

For anyone wondering - I believe that we did get men on the moon in that time period. But, as with all conspiracy theories, amongst the bullshit are some arguments that do make a bit of sense.

I think the fact it was achieved with such little technology makes it all the more impressive, not less possible. It was an incredibly risky adventure, and the people that went up were incredibly lucky to survive.

 

[Jark212]

If not then WHERE DID ALL THE MOON ROCKS CONTAINING HELIUM-3 (possible energy source) COME FROM???

Did you watch moon too? That movie was awesome.

Yes!!! It's part of my learning channels addiction...

 

[Godavari]

There is clear evidence of our landing on the moon. There are retroreflectors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroreflector] on the moon's surface, placed there by astronauts.

 

[c0rzilla]

Of course we landed on the moon. Anyone who says we haven't is just a religious nutcase.

Umm... I'm sorry, I have to ask. What on freaking earth does the moon landing have to do with religion? :/

Some religious fundamentalists believe that it is impossible for a human to go past "the sky" (atmosphere), because that's where heaven is. Therefore, if it is impossible to go past the sky, it is impossible to reach the moon.

I love to ask these kinds of people how satellite TV, and cellphones work. They always give such delightfully moronic answers.

...

Wow. Okay then. I've never heard of a religion that ridiculous. Must be some small sects or something...

They aren't weird sects or anything, they're Christians, they just interpret the Bible completely literally, and add a little of their own batshit crazy on top of it.

Yeah, that sounds like a weird sect to me. First I've heard of any Christians believing that. Do they have a name?

 

[Purple Shrimp]

There is not a single piece of evidence in the conspiracy theorists' favour that can't be disproven with a combination of basic scientific knowledge and common sense.

 

[philosophicalbastard]

Why didn't we go up into space again after the first landing? Did some angry space redneck tell us to scram or get raped by his pig?

We did, many times. I believe the last moon landing happened around the early-ish 70s. And we are still sending probes and satallites up today.

 

[Pimppeter2]

This thread is filled with Irony. Starting with the OPs username.

 

[crudus]

Mythbusters confirmed it.

You're not contradicting the Mythbusters, are you?

No they didn't. They rebuked(meaning they took evidence away vs a rebuttal which means providing evidence to the contrary) the conspiracy theories proof that the photos were fake. But we did land there. If we didn't then we would have fusion generators right now (the moon rock containing He-3 would be on Earth in abundance). Also, we put things up there.

 

[Commander Jack Rankin]

Yes, and thank God the Gorgatron was napping at the time.