Forget the Moon, spacetravel doesn't exist anyway.

TheTapeWormGod · #11 16th April 2004, 10:51 PM

There are 2 possibilities with this poster. He is either a conspiracy theorist nutcase or a troll. I am going with the 2 one.

watcher16 · #12 17th April 2004, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by Irish_Guevara

So you think that the 1969 mission to the moon didn't actually land on the moon, but instead stayed in low earth orbit before returning to Earth and that the moon landing is a hoax?

Since there is no evidence, and no one claiming there is

, of spacetravel beyond 1972, I say it does not exist.

Implying indeed the hoax.

watcher16 · #13 17th April 2004, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by Michali

What's your proof that there has never been a human outside of the Earth's "low orbit"?

One cannot prove that something didn't happen.

But Nasa nor the Russians simply don't claim this happened anywhere in the last 32 years.

So why would anyone else think that they have been further away from earth that my first stop on a summer vacation?

(Luxemburg, I went to Rome).

watcher16 · #14 17th April 2004, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by StrugglingSceptic

Personal experience. I've been on some real benders after a night down the pub.

I understand your nickname has to do with confusion where the h**k the next pub was located

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watcher16 · #15 17th April 2004, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by caravelair

the reason we haven't gone back to the moon is because it's so incredibly expensive, and without the space race between the russians and the US, there is not enough motivation to invest so much money in going there.

This could be true, but since the Chinese plan to use the moon for economical profitable mining....:rolleyes:

ikester7579 · #16 17th April 2004, 01:15 AM

The only thing that I saw that was a fesible fact that the first moon landing might have been a hoax was: We were in a race with Russia. Them beating us to the moon would have shown the world they were superior in technology and possibly the military also. Russia had already put a satalite in orbit before anyone, so to beat us to the moon too, would have been a disaster.
But anyway, I'm convienced we've been there. And they have to build another moon lander with all of today's technology, right? Using the old stuff just won't do. So it will take ten years to build it. And it maybe one that can go again and again. Would not that be nice?

watcher16 · #17 17th April 2004, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by evildead

I'm sure this has something to do with a lack of understanding regarding radiation belts.

OK, if I had to guess why it doesn't work it would be this one. Afther Bush's (for NASA!) unexpected statement

to return to the moon, and later to mars, the radiation problem is said to be a possible showstopper. Quick corrected with the statement they are confident they could solve it.

See www.space.com for relevant articles and links.

watcher16 · #18 17th April 2004, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by einstein314emc2

Whats interesting is that we could have gone to mars in the 70's- but the public lost interest, and with the opposition to all things nuclear (they had developed nuclear engines) it never happened.

They did, but the footage was used for a movie, Capricorn One!