40th Anniversary of the Moon landings... woot!

fdd2blk said:

i have a friend who believes we CAN'T escape earths gravity.
though isn't the moon within earths gravity?

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the moon cant escap either but i have a few things to concider

footage is really dodgy if real, could be 60s cameras, could be bogus. already metioned

we haven't been back. also, already mentioned butt... imagine landing on something small(er than earth) thats spining and rotating around the earth. it sounds damn hard but just imagine doing it in primitive space crafts from like 40 years ago.

also i just plain dont trust the shady government (we still might have) enough to belive we wenth there in 1969

BUT my goal is to go into space in my life time and swim through the air weightless. sadly i dont have like 2.5 mil(bil?) or whatever to pay my way on to a space shuttle. im just skeptic about the moon landing footage

Yes it happened, the evidence is overwhelming. And despite what a few people have said, we have had 6 successful manned moon landings, and a total of 12 people have walked on the moon. Granted we haven't been back since 72, but what would be the point?

Would it help any of you doubters to know that I have PERSONALLY watched a Saturn V rocket lift off the launch pad? It was the big one....Apollo 11.

I believe we made it there. My mate thinks that we didnt though, and that we cant. He believes NASA is just a front, and that it is just a way of the government hiding money from the tax payers without them asking squat.
Think about their budget, then times that by like 40yrs...

XxNinjaxX said:

I believe we made it there. My mate thinks that we didnt though, and that we cant. He believes NASA is just a front, and that it is just a way of the government hiding money from the tax payers without them asking squat.
Think about their budget, then times that by like 40yrs...

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so NASA is just a money laundering sham?

Well that was a heck of a simulation they pulled off on me back in '69.

Maybe it was a big Estes rocket, just Balsam and D rocket engines?

CrackerJax said:

Well that was a heck of a simulation they pulled off on me back in '69.

Maybe it was a big Estes rocket, just Balsam and D rocket engines?

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i saw the last Titan launch a few years ago. it was one if the biggest rockets they use. i think they sent up satellites with it. we were 2 miles away in the "safety zone" and the ground shook.


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here we go. i was here. probably standing right next to this dude.


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I watched an episode of mythbusters last night that was trying to see if they really did land on the moon. They went through all the reasons that conspiracy theorists have come up with, including the "wind" shaking the flag and proved every single one wrong. There was also the myth you cant leave footprints, the one of buzz aldrin standing in a shadow but lit up.. bunch more.

skiskate said:

I watched an episode of mythbusters last night that was trying to see if they really did land on the moon. They went through all the reasons that conspiracy theorists have come up with, including the "wind" shaking the flag and proved every single one wrong. There was also the myth you cant leave footprints, the one of buzz aldrin standing in a shadow but lit up.. bunch more.

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Yes, it was sort of funny to hear the conspiracy spun in front of me live. It's amazing to me that such a view can take hold.

fdd2blk said:

here we go. i was here. probably standing right next to this dude.


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Hey, aren't those launches great? I get to watch the shuttles go off, and happened to be in Cocoa for the first night launch ever...it was amazing. Working for my fathers company put me in Cocoa during my college summers and working on both Patrick AFB and Cape C. the rockets got to be ridiculous. It seemed like just every week or two, somebody was shooting something off.

Thats pretty cool that you guys have seen these launch, id love to be able to see one either launch or coming in.

we were working out of town and were supposed to leave that morning, first thing. we stayed a few hours longer just to watch that launch. it was pretty cool.

skiskate said:

Thats pretty cool that you guys have seen these launch, id love to be able to see one either launch or coming in.

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I didn't see the launch last week because of cloud cover, but I do get to hear that double sonic boom every time she lands... no matter the weather.

Hey, next launch get in front of a really nice HD TV and watch the NASA channel. In high definition and with a bassy sound system...it's pretty close to the real thing!

check that out girls and guys-some NASA celebration and info stuff 4 the anniversary. http://www.youtube.com/nasatelevision

CrackerJax said:

I didn't see the launch last week because of cloud cover, but I do get to hear that double sonic boom every time she lands... no matter the weather.

Hey, next launch get in front of a really nice HD TV and watch the NASA channel. In high definition and with a bassy sound system...it's pretty close to the real thing!

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That would be pretty badass, dont even have to leave the couch with bong in hand.

good stuff on the history channel right now.

haha Im watching that too, did you just see that thing about the mars rover on it? Pretty crazy how long they were able to make it last for.

skiskate said:

haha Im watching that too, did you just see that thing about the mars rover on it? Pretty crazy how long they were able to make it last for.

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i just saw the space shuttle one, and now am watching the moon landing one.
they are talking to buzz.

Yup im watching the moon landing one right now too, I love all of these damn space shows. its so trippy to think of.

Check out the latest images from the LRO moon space probe.

You can see the actual footprints.... 40 YEARS LATER!! Proof bomb for NASA!!