Did we land on the moon?

**ManDownUnder** · 11th January 2007, 08:39

I think it's all a double play by NASA.

NASA started the conspiracy and have let it fester for a good while, then in one definitive master stroke they'll suddenly declassify information proving they DID land on the moon.

This will relegate conspiracy theorists to the realms of implausibility forever and NASA can then claim all sorts of shit after that.

Anyone questioning it will simply be tarred a conspiracy theorist (complete with lack of credibility).

Brilliant job I reckon.

**Deviant Esq** · 11th January 2007, 08:41

Personnally I was sure I wasn't reposting, I'd done my search and everything. I've edited the initial post for clarification, because I'll admit it did look like just another debate thread, but if it's a repost I'd like to see the original link to that article. Just so you can say to me "I told you so."

**BarBender** · 11th January 2007, 09:18

Did we land on the moon? - No.
Why? - Esse est percipi

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 11th January 2007, 09:47

Must have been real hard to keep the Russians quiet especially in the height of the cold war. The Russians knew and were watching every move the yanks made, they would have known and spilt the beans if they thought otherwise, or did the yanks bring them in on the conspiracy too???...

Every single point the conspiracy theorists made were and have been proven to be bad science and or only half truths not showing the whole science behind it or not know the full specs of the equipment used...

The photos on the moon, different shadows, no stars etc... any photographer with half a wit could answer those...

There is a mirror on the moon that had to be placed so the can bounce a laser off it to measure the distance... how come the conspiracy theorists never approach this… too difficult to make it fit there conspiracy model so we just don’t approach it.

Actual moon rock… again to difficult to made it fit the model so lets not talk about it.

Why has NASA gone back… well there has been nothing there to be gained. They cancelled the last missions because both political and the missions were becoming a regular thing so the public lost interest and well there was also a war on at the time, so funding was slashed.

NASA do have plans to go back to the moon as part of the build up for the Mars Expedition.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 11th January 2007, 09:50

Originally Posted by Kendog

But satellites can read newspapers on earth from space.

Thats a hollywood myth... maybe in a few more years

**jrandom** · 11th January 2007, 10:11

They're going back, you know. Shuttle is being scaled down and funds are being diverted to another moon landing project. I think the idea is to lift off around 2020, or thereabouts. 2025, maybe? I can't remember.

I wouldn't mind going to the moon. It'd be, like, way awesome. And by awesome, I mean totally sweet.

**Sniper** · 11th January 2007, 10:12

I heard that inmates land on the moon everynight, does that count?

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 11th January 2007, 10:13

Originally Posted by Fish

I wouldn't mind going to the moon. It'd be, like, way awesome. And by awesome, I mean totally sweet.

hell I would go at the drop of a dime...

**RantyDave** · 11th January 2007, 11:13

Originally Posted by Kendog

But satellites can read newspapers on earth from space.

Satellites aren't very high up. Spy satellites are in low earth orbit, so about 200km up - and whizzing along at a fair old pace, but I digress. The moon is 384000km up, so a completely different problem.

If it helps, visualise the difference between taking a picture of something 200m away and something else 384km away. Clearly you could get a long shot with a digital camera and get an acceptable picture over 200m - but standing in Wellington and taking a picture of something in Taupo? I don't think so.

Dave

**RantyDave** · 11th January 2007, 11:16

Originally Posted by Ronin

Last I heard he was beating the snot out of a Japanese reporter who claimed the moon landing was a hoax.

Nah, that was Buzz Aldrin. Got him a good'un too:

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2744522

Dave

**Hitcher** · 11th January 2007, 11:18

Originally Posted by RantyDave

If it helps, visualise the difference between taking a picture of something 200m away and something else 384km away. Clearly you could get a long shot with a digital camera and get an acceptable picture over 200m - but standing in Wellington and taking a picture of something in Taupo? I don't think so.

The curvature of the Earth doesn't help much either...

**RantyDave** · 11th January 2007, 11:21

Originally Posted by Hitcher

The curvature of the Earth doesn't help much either...

Yeah yeah yeah, I know. Jeez, can't even make an analogy these days

Dave

**ManDownUnder** · 11th January 2007, 11:26

Originally Posted by RantyDave

Nah, that was Buzz Aldrin. Got him a good'un too:

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2744522

Dave

HA HA HA!!!!! LOVED IT...... Hey Buzz - you're a liar you never landed on the ... ***WHACK***

Bloody good shot too!

**Lteejay** · 11th January 2007, 12:17

Originally Posted by Deviant Esq

In 2001, Fox TV made a TV show called "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?"

Christ, if I was one of those people that didn't believe we landed on the moon or if I believed that Elvis was still alive. My mind would have changed after I had watched any program on Fox TV that tried to prove it. Get some decent journalists Fox and then you can call yourselves a news channel.