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1 Did Anybody Really Land On The Moon? EricHufschmid,lastedited6May2004 EricHufschmid.net HugeQuestions.com Computer technology was very primitive in the 1960's Transistorswerejustbeginningto Computersandsoftwareinthe1960's replacevacuumtubes,andslide weresocrummythattherocket ruleswereusedforcalculations. scientistswouldhavebeenbetteroff withamodernpocketcalculator. Manufacturing technology was also very primitive Forexample,milling machineswereoperatedby hand,whichmeantthat cuttingcurvedshapesin Amanhadto metalwasextremelydifficult. standinfrontof themachineall dayandcrank thehandlesto cutparts. This"Bridgeport"brand ofmillingmachinewas advancedtechnologyin the1960's 2 Thislampblinkswhen Toolchanger thepartisfinished Chipsare dumped outhere Computer Todayapersonloadsablockofmetal,pushestheStartbutton, andletsthecomputercutthepart.Thecomputercutsthepart muchfaster,andwithincredibleprecision,evencurvedshapes. How did Americans in 1969 do what nobody can do today? Whensomethinghappensthathasneverhappenedbefore, andwhichhasneverhappenedsince,(suchasfirecausing steelbuildingstodisintegrate)weshouldquestionit. IfAmericanscouldgettothemoonwith1960'stechnology,itwould beeasyforustogettothemoontoday.However,allnationshave extremedifficultlyputtinganobjectintoahighEarthorbit. Tellmeonetechnical Furthermore,ifAmericans achievementofthepastthat hadsuchincredible weoftodaycannotdofaster, engineeringtalent,why better,andforlessmoney. can'twemakeincredible automobiles,trainsystems, Emailyouranswerto: andotherproducts? [email protected] 3 The Lunar Lander had Never Been Tested. PerhapsitisbecauseIdevelopsoftware,andI cannotwritesoftwarethatworksperfectly,Iwould wanttheengineerstoprovetheequipmentand softwareworks! TheycouldstartbyputtinganimalsintoEarthorbit. Whentheyfiguredthatouttheycouldsendan unmannedrocketintomoonorbit.Whentheygot thatworking,theycouldsendanunmannedrocket tolandonthemoon,andthenthelunarlanderwould flybacktotheearth. However,whileNASAdidpracticeputtinganimals andpeopleintoEarthorbit,theyskippedthetesting ofthelunarlandingandreturntoEarth! Wherearethetechnicalspecsforthe lunarlander? Consideringallthefailuresanddeathsinthespace program,howcouldengineerssendpeopletothe Forexample,thetopsectionblasted moonwithrocketsthathadneverbeentested? offthemoonwithhowmuchfuel? Sure,someastronautswerewillingtotaketherisk, butitwouldhavemadeAmericanslooklikejerksif theastronautsdiedonthemoonbecausean untestedLunarLanderdidn'tworkcorrectly. Howdidtwomenliveinthistinymodule? Whydoesn'tNASAprovidedetailsonhow theyaccomplishedthemiracleofkeeping menaliveinanincrediblyharshenvironment? Didanybodyvomitfromthezerogravityof space?Didtheastronautsweardiapers? Thebottomhalfwasarocket with...howmuchfuel?? IsNASA keepingthisinfoasecret?Ifso,why? 4 NASA did not need to test the Lunar Rocket NASAclaimsthatthescientistswere100%confidentthat thelunarrocketworked,sotherewasnoneedtotestit. However,NASAwasnot100%suretheastronautscould climbtheladderofthelunarlander,sotheymadethe astronautspracticeclimbinginandoutofasimulator. NASAwasnot100% certainthatthe astronautscould displaytheflag,either, soNASAmadethem practiceunpackingthe flagandshovingitinto simulatedmoondirt. AstronautGeneCernanpractices puttingtheflagintothedirt.His wifeanddaughterarewatching. Hisdaughtermustbeproudthat helearnedtodothiscorrectly! OrwasGeneCernanrehearsing forafakemoonlanding?Would hisdaughterbeproudofthat? 5 Apollo12 Apollo 12... The Stupidest Astronauts? Theastronautswalkedovertoa Surveyor3craftwhichlandedon themoon2½yearsearlier. Theytookphotos.Thenthey removeditsTVcameraand broughtitbacktotheearth. Surveyor3 NASAcreatedarealistictrainingcenterfortheastronautstopracticewalkingoverto Surveyor3craft,takingphotosofit,andremovingitsTVcamera.ThesimulatedSurveyor craftwasevenplacedonaninclinedplanetoduplicateitspositiononaslope. Couldany astronautreally besostupidthat heneededto practicethis? Anddidthe simulated Surveyorcraft reallyhavetobe thisdetailed? Orwasthis "training"actually arehearsalfora fakemoonwalk overtoafake Surveyorcraft? 6 Why the Amazing Realism? WhydidNASAgotothetroubleof makingsome-butnotall-ofthe trainingareasappearvisually identicaltowhatweassumethe moonlookslike? NASAcreatedthis moonlandscapeinside abuilding. Isitjustacoincidence thatsomeofthetraining centerscouldbeused tocreatephotosfora fakemoonlanding? Fakelunardirton thefloor. Whatwasthe purposeforthis? 7 Why in 1963 did Kennedy and the scientists want to cancel the moon race? HereisaninterestingdocumentfromNASAonthehistoryofApollo: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/contents.html TheaboveNASAdocumentshowsthatin AfterreadingtheNASAdocument,answer 1963thescientistswerequestioningthe thesequestions: Apolloproject.Forexample: - Whywouldscientistsin1963suddenly ...NowtheveryconceptofApollobeganto havemoreimportantpriorities? bequestioned.Whenthegreatdebatethat - WhywouldscientistsquestiontheApollo Kennedyhadaskedfortwoyearsbefore missioniftheywereonly5½yearsaway finallygotunderway,scientistsbeganto fromsuccess? seethatthespaceprogrammadedistorting - WhywouldKennedyconsidercanceling demandsonskilledmanpower,economic themoonmissioninfavorofajointspace resources,andhumandetermination.And programwiththeRussians? theybegantoaskifitwasreallyworth doing.DidwehavetobeattheRussians? Wasthisthemostimportantscientificeffort Myguessisthatthescientistsrealizedthatit wecouldperform?WasNASAperhaps wasimpossibletogettothemoonby1969. travelingtoofast?ThePresidenthimself Ratherthanadmitthemoonmissionwasan seemedtohavehisdoubtswhenhebegan unrealisticfantasy,IthinkKennedywas tosuggestjointspaceeffortswiththe consideringworkingwiththeRussiansin Russians. spaceexploration.Thiswould: - AvoidadmittingtheUSAcouldn'tgettothe Andhowaboutthissentence: moon InanaddresstotheUnitedNations - HelpmakeRussiansandAmericansmore GeneralAssemblyon20September1963, friendly PresidentKennedystatedthatjoint U.S.-USSReffortsinspacehadmerit, However,the1960'swastheeraofcommie including"ajointexpeditiontothemoon." paranoia.IfKennedywantedtocancelApollo, butiftheCIAandmilitaryleaderswantedto Afewsentencesfurtheristhisbizarreremark: fakeamoonlandinginordertointimidatethe Russians,wecouldhaveanotherofthemany Scientistsbegantotalkofotherpriorities, possiblereasonsthattheCIAandmilitary suchasthedecliningwatertableinthe wantedtokillKennedy. Westandthechallengeofoceanography. 8 Dry dust in the Earth's deserts does not leave crisp impressions, so why does lunar dust? Thesetwophotosarefromthe Apolloastronauts. Withoutmoistureororganic material,whatisholdingthe particlesofdusttogether? Also,whydoestheApollomoon dirtlookdifferentfromthemoon dirtinthephotosthatweretaken bytheSurveyorcraft?(seenext page) Whatisholdingthis dusttogether? TheastronautswalkedovertoaSurveyorcraftwhichlandedonthemoon2½yearsearlier.Thefootprints after2½yearswerestillcrisp.Furthermore,2½yearsofbombardmentbyspacedusthadnoeffect. 9 CloseupviewofthefootpadofSurveyor5onthelunarsurface: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/su5_67_h_1340.html ComparethisdirttoanyApollophoto... Comparethedirtontopofthisfootpadtothe howcouldthisdirtleavefootprints? Apollophoto-thisdirtdoesnotclump ThesetwophotosarefromaSurveyorcraftcamera,nottheastronauts. ThemoondirtinallSurveyorphotosappearstoresembleMarsdirt;ie,moondirt appearstobetheresultofrocksthathavebeenpoundedrepeatedlybymeteors. Themoondirtappearstobeamixofpowder,sand,androcksofeverysize. NoticethattherearenocrispfootprintsinanySurveyorcraftphotos. TheSurveyorcamerawaslousy,butinthisviewofthemoon,noticethatthesunlight spreadsalloverthesurface.Pages18and19haveApollophotosthatshowunevenlighting. 10 Surveyorphotos:http://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/miscellaneous/planetary/surveyor/ Note:Photoswere compressedtomake thePDFfilesmaller, whichcausesdetailsto disappear. Toseehighresolution Surveyorphotos,goto thewebsiteattopof thispage Thisisthe samerock Thesetwophotoswere takenbytheSurveyor craftcamera. Aswithallrealmoon photos,thesephotos showthemoontobea randommixofcrushed rocksofvarioussizes. Ichallengeyoutoexplain howamixtureofbroken rockscanhold themselvestogetherto leavecrispfootprints.
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