The Moon Landing 50 Years On.

**F5 Dave** · 28th July 2019, 08:34

I've been bingeing on moony stuff. So much I didn't know., bit young I guess.

Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the moon, followed by 9 and 10. 11 of course the first to land but they landed 6 times. Was supposed to be 9 but budget cuts.

**pzkpfw** · 28th July 2019, 09:25

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

I've been bingeing on moony stuff. So much I didn't know., bit young I guess.

Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the moon, followed by 9 and 10. 11 of course the first to land but they landed 6 times. Was supposed to be 9 but budget cuts.

The series "From the earth to the moon" was excellent if you're getting into this stuff. Think "Band of brothers" for Apollo.

Really shows the development and lead up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_t...n_(miniseries)

**slofox** · 28th July 2019, 13:16

We listened to the radio broadcast of the landing. I remember sitting on the bed with our 3 month and 3 week old son. He's fifty now...I must fuckin' blinked!

**Voltaire** · 31st July 2019, 07:14

Moon tune.

**F5 Dave** · 31st July 2019, 12:59

Another podcast covering it is Ourfakehistory
He doesn't usually do conspiracy theories but made an exception for the moon landings.

Actually it is a good podcast series to learn a bit of history and try and temper out some long standing historical myths with a basis from modern understanding and identifying which sources are credible and which vested or deemed unreliable.

**oldrider** · 4th August 2019, 23:16

Cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard? -

- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...h-Channel.html -

**merv** · 6th August 2019, 19:28

Originally Posted by oldrider

Cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard? -

- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...h-Channel.html -

Great, but interesting he couldn't do it without a refuel stop, but then I don't think Marty McFly flew over water that far either.

**husaberg** · 6th August 2019, 19:37

Originally Posted by merv

Great, but interesting he couldn't do it without a refuel stop, but then I don't think Marty McFly flew over water that far either.

22 minutes including a refuling stop for about 26 miles yet he sau=ys it does 85MPH
It must have taken a while to refuel
Off you link.

it needs 1250hp to lift on man and 85lbs of fuel?

**onearmedbandit** · 6th August 2019, 20:29

Originally Posted by husaberg

it needs 1250hp to lift on man and 85lbs of fuel?

Are you forgetting about the (claimed) top speed of 110mph?

**husaberg** · 6th August 2019, 20:36

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Are you forgetting about the (claimed) top speed of 110mph?

Yeah but i guess the fuel efficiency at that speed might have called for 2 refueling stops.
The 100 hours of training might be a bit of the hurdle to general use.

**onearmedbandit** · 6th August 2019, 21:01

Originally Posted by husaberg

Yeah but i guess the fuel efficiency at that speed might have called for 2 refueling stops.
The 100 hours of training might be a bit of the hurdle to general use.

Nah I was referring to your comment of 1250hp required to lift one man and 85lbs of fuel. But yeah 100hrs training is a lot for the average Joe.

**husaberg** · 6th August 2019, 21:32

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Nah I was referring to your comment of 1250hp required to lift one man and 85lbs of fuel. But yeah 100hrs training is a lot for the average Joe.

Okay
i rate it up there with the h2O2 Rocket pack looks cool, but not really useful in real terms.
You could build or buy a gyo or fly a para-motor for under the cost of fuel for a week for the hoverboard.

**oldrider** · 10th August 2019, 15:20

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Nah I was referring to your comment of 1250hp required to lift one man and 85lbs of fuel. But yeah 100hrs training is a lot for the average Joe.

Originally Posted by husaberg

Okay
i rate it up there with the h2O2 Rocket pack looks cool, but not really useful in real terms.
You could build or buy a gyo or fly a para-motor for under the cost of fuel for a week for the hoverboard.

Can't you just see someone building a mini "Harrier jet" using those tiny jet engines? - Now that will be interesting! .

**F5 Dave** · 11th August 2019, 10:51

Just read the Listener (we steal Dads 2 week old mags).

I never realised that the Russians beat the 'mercans to the moon.

Easier without meatsacks inside of course.

Heading Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab during Ranger, which reached the moon was Pickering, a Wellingtonian! What a career.

And to answer a question a ways back; PM Holyoake ordered an NZDF plane to fly the newsreel from Sydney so it could be played that night. Auss had satellite feed to ABC, NZ still relied on copies made and flown on commercial planes for world news.