Strong in him the times vary on different sites anywhere from 30 minutes, a hour, two hours anywhere up to 3 hours . But given given the combined distance of the inner and outer belts of the Van Ellen’s Belt of some 70 thousand kilometres or 42,500 miles. The travel time would be closer to your article’s statement
It's not my article; I'm neither a journalist, nor a scientist.
If you believe it's wrong and have scientific evidence to back up your assertion, by all means write to the BBC and tell them their facts are wrong.
could go as low as a hour as is stated in other publications of them choosing a shorter route of their alleged journey through the Van Ellen’s belt.
There's nothing alleged about it. If they say that they passed through the Van Allen belts, then they did.
It's much the same as if someone said they drove through London to get to their destination and someone else said, "you can't have done, London's too full of traffic, tourists and demonstrations."
Why would someone say they did something when they didn't.
As to the scientists I’m sure they don’t get their degrees out of cornflakes packets .
It's a saying - it means they didn't just get given their qualifications, they worked hard for them.
So they know what they are talking about.
As to believing everything a Christian claims or anyone for that matter. The answer is No.
If you're talking about Charles Duke, he didn't just claim it one time. He gives talks about his walk on the moon, and says that his walk with Jesus is far more important. He does not promote himself as being great for having gone to the moon; he promotes Jesus.
There are other astronauts who walked on the moon and later became Christians. No doubt they would say the same thing.