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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
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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:
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Why the Amazing Realism?
WhydidNASAgotothetroubleof
makingsome-butnotall-ofthe
trainingareasappearvisually
identicaltowhatweassumethe
moonlookslike?
NASAcreatedthis
moonlandscapeinside
abuilding.
Isitjustacoincidence
thatsomeofthetraining
centerscouldbeused
tocreatephotosfora
fakemoonlanding?
Fakelunardirton
thefloor.
Whatwasthe
purposeforthis?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.