beerguy0
Headphoneus Supremus
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• No plan to return until 2018
Much of the knowledge we gained for Apollo has been lost, due to the fact that manned space flight, aside from low Earth orbit, has not been a priority since Apollo ended. It also takes a long time to ramp up engineering efforts, get manufacturers on board, etc. (I work in electronic R&D, so know what it takes to get even a relatively small radio project moving. I can't even imagine a rocket program, with literally thousands of Engineers and support personnel.)
• Absence of engine noise in official NASA footage
On the moon, the engines are operating in a vacuum - with no air to transmit sound, only whatever engine noise that is directly conducted through the hull of the spacecraft can be detected. (The astronauts them themselves verify this.) Also, the microphones used are made to reduce cabin noise - you have to pretty much have your mouth right on the mike to be heard clearly. One astronaut even referred to them as tonsil mics, as in you practically had to swallow it to be heard. Even on Earth, the engine noise doesn't really come through.
• How was it possible for footprints to be left undisturbed and without dust
Lunar dust has unique properties. Since there is no weathering, the dust particles have sharp edges, and thus stay compacted. Certain types of Earth soils exhibit pretty much the same properties, so this phenomenon is not unheard of.
• No evidence of an exhaust plume from LEM during ascent
The mixture of propellants used does not have much flame, especially in a vacuum.
• Grainy, Unclear video images despite having the technology
Need examples, please. (I love this - we didn't have the technology to go to the moon, yet we had the technology to have perfectly clear film under any conditions. You can't have it both ways.)
• Crosshairs on Still Photographs were partially obscured and sometime beneath the images
The crosshairs on the Rosseau plates are very narrow (.003"). Overexposed areas on the film can obscure these lines. A close examination of images shows the crosshairs where they are supposed to be in dark areas, and are obscured in bright areas in the same images.
• Identical backdrops despite NASA stating the images were taken at different times and over 2 miles apart
Different croppings of images. If you look at the full frame images these problems go away.
• No report of radiation from The Can Allen Radiation Belt, problematic reports came after the moon landing
?
• Between 1964 and 1967 10 astronauts died in 'accidents'
Don't know about all that, but what does that have to do with getting to the moon?
Much of the knowledge we gained for Apollo has been lost, due to the fact that manned space flight, aside from low Earth orbit, has not been a priority since Apollo ended. It also takes a long time to ramp up engineering efforts, get manufacturers on board, etc. (I work in electronic R&D, so know what it takes to get even a relatively small radio project moving. I can't even imagine a rocket program, with literally thousands of Engineers and support personnel.)
• Absence of engine noise in official NASA footage
On the moon, the engines are operating in a vacuum - with no air to transmit sound, only whatever engine noise that is directly conducted through the hull of the spacecraft can be detected. (The astronauts them themselves verify this.) Also, the microphones used are made to reduce cabin noise - you have to pretty much have your mouth right on the mike to be heard clearly. One astronaut even referred to them as tonsil mics, as in you practically had to swallow it to be heard. Even on Earth, the engine noise doesn't really come through.
• How was it possible for footprints to be left undisturbed and without dust
Lunar dust has unique properties. Since there is no weathering, the dust particles have sharp edges, and thus stay compacted. Certain types of Earth soils exhibit pretty much the same properties, so this phenomenon is not unheard of.
• No evidence of an exhaust plume from LEM during ascent
The mixture of propellants used does not have much flame, especially in a vacuum.
• Grainy, Unclear video images despite having the technology
Need examples, please. (I love this - we didn't have the technology to go to the moon, yet we had the technology to have perfectly clear film under any conditions. You can't have it both ways.)
• Crosshairs on Still Photographs were partially obscured and sometime beneath the images
The crosshairs on the Rosseau plates are very narrow (.003"). Overexposed areas on the film can obscure these lines. A close examination of images shows the crosshairs where they are supposed to be in dark areas, and are obscured in bright areas in the same images.
• Identical backdrops despite NASA stating the images were taken at different times and over 2 miles apart
Different croppings of images. If you look at the full frame images these problems go away.
• No report of radiation from The Can Allen Radiation Belt, problematic reports came after the moon landing
?
• Between 1964 and 1967 10 astronauts died in 'accidents'
Don't know about all that, but what does that have to do with getting to the moon?
